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First Flight

First Flight is a public art work by artist Richard Taylor. It is located in front of the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center north of downtown , near 3rd and Walnut Streets.
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: sculpture
  • Description: sculpture by Richard Taylor in Milwaukee, United States

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Milwaukee Youth Arts Center and Meir Elementary School.

Arts center
Photo: Sulfur, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an arts-in-education facility in Milwaukee, . A performing arts education and rehearsal facility for the young people of southeastern Wisconsin, it provides opportunities for children to express themselves through the arts in a multicultural environment.

School
Photo: Freekee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Golda Meir School for gifted and talented students is a Milwaukee Public Schools district elementary, middle, and high school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Memorial
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a 1998 public art work designed by American artist Erik Blome, located in downtown , . The bronze sculpture depicts the civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King Jr. standing on a pedestal of books. is situated 440 feet northeast of First Flight.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Milwaukee and East Side.

Suburb
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the central business district of , . The economic and symbolic center of the city and the , it is Milwaukee's oldest district and home to many of region's cultural, financial educational and historical landmarks including , and the .

Suburb
The is a district of Milwaukee, Wisconsin consisting of several neighborhoods encompassing an area just north of to the village of , bordered by the to the west and to the east.

Quarter
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, known at various times as Athletic Park and Borchert's Orchard, was a baseball park in , . The home field for several professional baseball clubs from 1888 through 1952, it also hosted two football teams: the Milwaukee Badgers from 1922 to 1926 and the Green Bay Packers in 1933. is situated 2 miles north of First Flight.

First Flight

Latitude
43.05239° or 43° 3′ 9″ north
Longitude
-87.9151° or 87° 54′ 54″ west
Inception
2012
Height
20 feet (6.1 metres)
Open location code
86MJ332M+XX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4199251690
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­sculpture
Wiki­data ID
Q5453017
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “First Flight”. Photo: Richie Diesterheft, CC BY-SA 2.0.