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Around Orlando's Lake Eola
[Group post by Urban Sketchers Orlando]
Lake Eola is like a jewel in the heart of Downtown Orlando. It's surrounded by cypress trees and Florida palms. Orlando locals and visitors come for a stroll and leisure time around the lake. Urban Sketchers Orlando’s May Sketchcrawl was at Lake Eola. Noga Grossman’s sketch is above.
The Walt Disney Amphitheater / aka The Rainbow was donated to the City of Orlando by the Walt Disney Company in 1989. An outdoor venue and stage, it’s an excellent site for public events, community plays, dance performances, outdoor movie showings, and free concerts. The look of the theater reflects the beach scene of 1950s Florida. The bandshell was built in a retro design with a scallop-shaped facade, and from above, the amphitheater seating also fans out from the bandshell in a scallop shape.
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| Greg Bryla |
There are sculptures and art displays, swans, birds and other wildlife. Take Flight is a sculpture by Douwe Blumberg. On the water’s edge of Lake Eola, Take Flight depicts a flock of birds ascending into the sky. The birds are made from cast alloy and welded together to create the sculpture which complement the Lake Eola walkways and shoreline. The birds capture a fleeting moment of beauty and seem to defy gravity. Take Flight embodies a spirit of freedom and transcendent joy.
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| Viviana Castro |
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| Kevin Duarte |
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| Gates McClain |
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| Mary Hense |
The vibrant green Centennial Fountain was built in 1957 to mark the 100th anniversary of the naming of Orlando. In 1965, it was renamed the Linton E. Allen Memorial Fountain in honor of the local banker who pushed for its construction after being inspired by fountains he'd seen in Europe. When the fountain was first switched on the crowd gasped as the main spout shot water 75 feet in the air, the multi-hued lights came on, and smaller spouts came from the fountain’s rim. From the beginning, the fountain has had its detractors. It may have been inspired by the great fountains of Europe, but none of those had a 1950s-chic sea foam-green plastic skin that glowed from within. Some joked that a flying saucer had splashed down in Lake Eola.
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| Noga Grossman |
Centered is a bold monumental sculpture by C.J Rench. It is made of eight individual forms arching in perfect balance with a kinetic yellow center able to spin in the wind. Because each piece of this sculpture is fabricated in various widths and colors, Centered seems to change its shape from every angle it is viewed. Centered makes reference to how Orlando is the center of family fun, experiences and memories. The yellow form in the center also pays tribute to Orlando’s clear and sunny weather. Also see it in Noga Grossman's drawing at the beginning.
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| Cat Gondek |
Orlando is known worldwide for Disney World and its ambassador Mickey Mouse. For us residents of Central Florida, Mickey Mouse ears are not the most foremost element of Orlando. The specialness of our city is the Florida sun, the white sand beaches, the forever green, the palm trees, the year-round beautiful weather, and a loving Floridian community that unites in good or bad time. Through these sketches of Lake Eola, we hope to have shown you why Orlando is often referred to as "The City Beautiful".
Follow Urban Sketchers Orlando on their blog. Note their new logo by Viviana Castro, a local landscape architecture designer, who found inspiration from Lake Eola.
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