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It features 13 one-ton replica glass and steel pianos straddled onto the side of the apartment building, 25 feet off the ground. For the project, Goggin and Keehn sourced material that were rooted in the neighborhood's industrial history. They collected 900 pieces of chicken-wire glass of different
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