Dedicated in 1989, David Bottini’sculpture, Civic Stage Set , is located on Park Avenue between Almaden Boulevard and Market Street near the Tech Museum . It is a geometric abstract sculpture made of painted steel. To tell the story of how the city of San José got Civic Stage Set , I’d have to tell you about the fate of Bottini’s previous sculpture, Great Planes Study VII . In April 1986, a city employee on his way to lunch walked past the construction zone of the Fairmont Hotel and noticed something was missing - a 20-foot tall, 3½ ton red,...Read more...