Walking to the Sky

<h2 id="carnegie-mellon-university-replica">Carnegie Mellon University replica</h2>
<p>Carnegie Mellon installed <i>Walking to the Sky</i> in May 2006 on its campus in front of Warner Hall just off Forbes Avenue. The sculpture was a gift from CMU Trustee Jill Gansman Kraus (A'74) and her husband, Peter Kraus, of <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a>. The sculpture generated controversy among the student body for its appearance, the choice of location, and the lack of campus involvement in selecting and siting the piece. The campus newspaper described it as "an eyesore" and "a huge phallus" while others have expressed displeasure at its location as one of the first things seen of the campus from Forbes Avenue. Due to apparent structural instability, the sculpture had to be replaced in October 2009.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>
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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Lowry, Patricia (March 15, 2006). "CMU crafts a compromise on artist's controversial sculpture". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved October 14, 2009. <a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06074/670237-42.stm" target="_blank">http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06074/670237-42.stm</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Official Seoul City Tourism Art Exhibition Calendar". Archived from the original on December 27, 2008. Retrieved October 14, 2009. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081227213128/http://english.visitseoul.net/visit2007en/events/calendarofevents/calendarofevents.jsp?cid=125" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20081227213128/http://english.visitseoul.net/visit2007en/events/calendarofevents/calendarofevents.jsp?cid=125</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Jonathan Borofsky, Woman Walking to the Sky". Retrieved June 18, 2019. <a href="https://www.strasbourg.eu/lieu/-/entity/id/686130" target="_blank">https://www.strasbourg.eu/lieu/-/entity/id/686130</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Garcia, Cathy Rose A. (October 31, 2009). "Walk to the Sky With Jonathan Borofsky". Retrieved October 14, 2009. <a href="https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2008/12/148_33617.html" target="_blank">https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2008/12/148_33617.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Jones, Aliesha (September 28, 2009). "Walking to the Sky Art Excavated". Retrieved October 14, 2009. <a href="http://www.thetartan.org/2009/9/28/news/brief" target="_blank">http://www.thetartan.org/2009/9/28/news/brief</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Walking to the Sky