Mason Dubord, left, Dan Ucci, center, and sculptor Andreas von Huene go over final details Friday before the truck hauling the sculpture titled “Young Trees Going For a Walk” backs into the vacant city lot at Bartlett and Birch streets in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Sculptor Andreas von Huene’s toolbox is filled with odds and ends Friday for his Lewiston project. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Sculptor Andreas von Huene, left, and Mason Dubord place the first steel piece of the sculpture titled “Young Trees Going For a Walk” onto the vacant city lot Friday at Bartlett and Birch streets in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Sculptor Andreas von Huene of Arrowsic is one of five artists selected to install pieces of art in downtown Lewiston through the Choice Neighborhoods Planning and Action Grant. “It has been a pleasure working with everyone on this project,” he said. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Sculptor Andreas von Huene places the final piece on top of the artwork he installed Friday at Bartlett and Birch Streets in Lewiston. It is the third of five public art installations to be placed downtown through the Choice Neighborhoods Planning and Action Grant. Huene started cutting the steel in April at his studio in Arrowsic. The piece is titled “Young Trees Going For a Walk” and was inspired by energy in the Tree Streets Neighborhood of Lewiston, Huene said. Mason Dubord, right, helps Huene. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Sculptor Andreas von Huene, center, Mason Dubord, left, and Dan Ucci, right, work Friday on the sculpture they installed at Bartlett and Birch streets in Lewiston. The piece titled “Young Trees Going For a Walk” is the third of five public art installations to be placed downtown through the Choice Neighborhoods Planning and Action Grant. Huene started cutting the steel for the project in April at his studio in Arrowsic. It was was inspired by energy in the Tree Streets Neighborhood of Lewiston, Huene said. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Andreas von Huene, far left, chats Friday with Misty Parker, left, assistant director of economic and community development for Lewiston, Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline and Darby Ray, director of the Harward Center for Community Partnerships at Bates College, after the final piece of Huene’s sculpture titled “Young Trees Going For a Walk” was installed at Bartlett and Birch streets in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal


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