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DESCRIPTION: 20-foot high by 4-foot wide ceramic mosaic mural, mounted on the face of a 28-foot high clock tower
This mosaic mural and clock tower is a tribute to the City of Azusa's early water and electricity development. DiGiacomo's original installation included a granite boulder sculpture, a 2-foot wide at-grade granite rock "stream" fountain at the base of the mosaic, and a history plaque with an inscription. These components were thematically connected to the mosaic's stream image, now completely removed (see below).
This mosaic mural and clock tower is a tribute to the City of Azusa's early water and electricity development. DiGiacomo's original installation included a granite boulder sculpture, a 2-foot wide at-grade granite rock "stream" fountain at the base of the mosaic, and a history plaque with an inscription. These components were thematically connected to the mosaic's stream image, now completely removed (see below).
LOCATION: northwest corner of Azusa Avenue and Foothill Boulevard, Azusa, California, USA
DI GIACOMO'S EARLIER INSTALLATION OF MOSAIC, GRANITE SCULPTURE, AND STREAM FOUNTAIN COMPONENT:
INSCRIPTION:
"SWELLED BY THE MELTING SNOW OF TOWERING MOUNTAINS, OUR RIVER HAS LONG NOURISHEDABUNDANT LIFE. "AZUSA" IS THE NAME OF THESHOSHONEAN VILLAGE THAT EXISTEDFOR 6,000 YEARS BEFORE SPANISHEXPLORERS ARRIVED IN 1769 TOFIND "A SPACIOUS PLAIN OF RICHBLACK EARTH WITH MUCH GRASSAND A FINE CHANNEL OF WATER, THEBANKS COVERED WITH WILLOWS,BLACKBERRIES, AND INNUMERABLEROSES."
CALLED "EL SUSA RANCHO"DURING CALIFORNIA'S MEXICAN ERA,THE TOWN OF AZUSA BLOOMED WITHCITRUS GROVES AFTER THE COMINGOF THE RAILROAD. CITYHOOD CAMEIN 1898 AND AND ORANGES AND LEMONSGAVE WAY TO HOMES AND INDUSTRY,SERVED BY AZUSA LIGHT AND WATER.
TODAY THIS CROSSROADS OFROUTE 66 AND HIGHWAY 39REMAINS THE HEART OF OURHISTORIC DOWNTOWN.
TODAY THIS CROSSROADS OFROUTE 66 AND HIGHWAY 39REMAINS THE HEART OF OURHISTORIC DOWNTOWN.
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