Newcastle, Grainger Street, 'Longest Sentence'

HER Number:
10994

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Grainger Street, 'Longest Sentence'

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Street Furniture

Site Type: Specific:
Sculpture

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C21

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
2002 by Rupert Clamp. These are granite kerb stones, machine carved and hand finished. The work reads "FROM HERE IT IS NINE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY CENTIMETRES (How are you feeling?) TO HERE", carved into the granite kerb at the corner of Grainger Street and Westgate Road. Commissioned by Grainger Town Partnership.

Easting:
2468

Northing:
6399

Grid Reference:
NZ24686399

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Art On the Riverside, Grainger Town Partnership, Arts Council England, Nexus and Newcastle City Council, Public Art in Newcastle - A Guide (booklet)