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Dale Street Bridge

The Artists:
G.E. Patterson
Hawona Sullivan Janzen
​Mica Anders


After being closed for nine months, the Dale Street bridge has been reopened. G.E. Patterson, Hawona Sullivan Janzen, and Mica Anders were commissioned to make the bridge more than just a functional walkway and bridge — it is a work of art that reflects and showcases the Rondo community.
 
The artists spent six months asking people in the community what they wanted to see on the bridge. The overwhelming response was, “We want people to know that we’re here,” and “We want people to know the story.”
 
The bridge has Dale Street etched into the concrete, creating a sense of permanence and a sense of place. “I am Rondo” and “We are Rondo” are written on the bridge in 12 languages, ranging from Dakota to Hebrew to Hmong to Oromo. 16-foot tall metal tree silhouettes frame the bridge. As you walk along it, you can dance along to a lindy hop leaf pattern or read Janzen’s poetry — backwards or forwards:


We were here
And then you came
And then them
And then them
And then them again
Then we
And you
And them
Become us
Now we are all
Rondo

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
Rondo
All are we
Now us become them
And you and we
Then again them
Then again them
Then and
Them then and
Came you then
And here were we
Oaks were we
Acorns were we before
Rondo are we now
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