
Cowles Commons has a new splash of color, from the 8,000 changing LED lights on Swirl.
The new illuminated sculpture in Cowles Commons downtown has a name: Swirl. The christening was announced yesterday by Des Moines Performing Arts, which manages Cowles Commons. Swirl is the creation of San Francisco artist Jim Campbell
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The sculpture–28 feet tall, 28 feet wide and 94 feet long–supports more than 8,000 LED lights that give it a dazzling nighttime presence. The first official lighting will take place in January.
Swirl is the latest addition in the $12 million development of Cowles Commons, the site west of the Des Moines Civic Center that was previously known as Nollen Plaza. Click here
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