Documented artwork / integrated sculptural environment (transit plaza)
Garden Under the Bridge
Credit as documented: Barbara Grygutis
Barbara Grygutis designed this illuminated plaza for Grand MetroLink Station in St. Louis. A pair of perforated steel forms resembling seed pods frames the entrance beneath the Grand Boulevard Bridge. Lighting within the forms and paving changes the setting after dark. Arts in Transit identifies a 2012 commission for Metro St. Louis with Federal Transit Administration funding. The project joins sculpture, a concrete plaza floor and fencing; the artist also credits architectural, landscape and fabrication collaborators.
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At a glance
- Year / version
- 2012
- Materials
- waterjet-cut stainless steel, LED lights, pigmented concrete, painted metal fencing
- Documented setting
- outdoor
- Dimensions
- Arts in Transit: central sculptures 16′8″ high × 20′ wide × 4′ deep; plaza 40′ wide × 56′ long. Artist: 20′ high × 50′ long × 50′ wide. These descriptions have different scopes and are not reconciled measurements.
- Dimensions apply to
- Published dimensions for this documented work; component scope and disagreements are retained. Not an installation or engineering specification.
- Availability
- Unconfirmed
Places & versions
Installation history
Historical presentations. A past installation does not establish the current location or suitability for a new site.
2012
Grand MetroLink Station beneath the Grand Boulevard Bridge, St. Louis, Missouri
- Site
- Grand MetroLink Station beneath Grand Boulevard Bridge
- Commissioner
- Arts in Transit
Installation details checked 2026-10-17.
Materials and construction
The artist credits TROCO for fabrication, Austin Tao for architecture and The Lawrence Group for landscape architecture. Perforations admit daylight through the sculptural gateway before its internal lighting takes over after dark.
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Sources
- www.artsintransit.org ↗ · Checked 2026-10-16
- www.artsintransit.org ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17
- www.barbaragrygutis.com ↗ · Checked 2026-10-16