SPOKANE, Wash – There’s a large sculpture in Riverfront Park, paid for in large part with taxpayer-approved funds. But, there’s a good chance you’ve never seen the Stepwell – because it’s been closed off for much of its existence.
The piece was commissioned as part of the Riverfront Park makeover. The city paid more than $500,000 for it. But, emails uncovered by 4 News Now show the art piece has been a problem since the beginning.
From graffiti to cracks in the structure, the city has been looking for ways to fix it, while telling 4 News Now that it was closed off for “annual maintenance.”
Wednesday on 4 News Now at 6, Derek Deis shows you the problems that have city employees privately calling Stepwell “an eyesore” and a “piece of sh-art” – and, what if anything can be done to save it.
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