Best Of Tucson®
Best Public Art
Rattlesnake Bridge (by Simon Donovan)
Readers Pick
If you've ever wondered how Jonah felt, try walking through the Rattlesnake Bridge. There's not a bad view up there, looking out from the belly of the giant diamondback rattlesnake beast. You can see downtown, A Mountain, Tumamoc Hill, the Catalinas, the Rincons (except for a big-ass billboard blocking the way) and the rest of our hometown. Conceived of by local artist Simon Donovan (he also did "Flying Books" at the Woods Memorial Library), the bridge has been a perennial favorite of Tucsonans. Strangely, the snake is actually better viewed from a car than walking through it. Trees growing at the front and rear of the snake are starting to camouflage it, just like in nature.
Runners up:
2. Broadway Underpass Wall (by Steve Farley), Broadway Boulevard, just east of Congress Street
3. "Sonora" by David Black, Joel D. Valdez Main Library, 101 N. Stone Ave., 791-4393, www.lib.ci.tucson.az.us/locations/main
Previously in Best Of Tucson®
- 2009 Best Public Art - Rattlesnake Bridge (by Simon Donovan)
- 2008 Best Public Art - Rattlesnake Bridge (by Simon Donovan)
- 2007 Best Public Art - Rattlesnake Bridge (by Simon Donovan)
- 2005 Best Public Art - Rattlesnake Bridge (by Simon Donovan)
- 2004 Best Public Art - Rattlesnake Bridge
- 2003 Best Public Art - Rattlesnake Bridge
- 2002 Best Public Art - Windows to the Past, Gateway to the Future
- 2001 Best Public Art - Broadway Underpass
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