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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Houston To Install World's Largest Sundial
Caption: The City of Houston is to build a sundial, billed as the world's largest. Arco del Tiempo (Arch of Time) by artist and architect Riccardo Mariano works both as a time measuring device, a magical light display, and a community solar installation that generates 400,000 kWh each year. The regenerative and permanent solar photovoltaic sculptural installation will be installed in the city’s East End, Houston’s Second Ward Complete Community, in 2024. Mariano’s work takes the form of a 100-foot-tall triumphal arch and serves as a gateway to Houston’s East End / Segundo Barrio neighborhood. The electricity it generates each year, will offset the electricity demand of the surrounding neighborhood. Tracing the path of the sun across the sky, Arco del Tiempo is both a monumental sculpture and a place for locals and visitors to meet, linger, experience, and perform. The arch is also an interactive time-measuring device that works by beaming sunlight onto the ground plane of Guadalupe Plaza Park.
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