The Tahoe community gathered at Lakeview Commons on a late August evening to celebrate the unveiling of “Footsteps of the Past: Suspended in Time” a new public art installation designed to reflect the culture, history and spirit of the Tahoe Basin.

The installation, created by local sculptor Terrie Bennett, features four bronze and stainless-steel sculptures suspended inside transparent mesh cubes, each representing a different chapter of Tahoe’s story: a Washoe woman weaving a basket, a schooner sailboat, a vintage skier and a bear. Bronze footprints — cast from the feet of Washoe elders and youth — form a pathway that invites visitors to walk through the past, present and future. As daylight fades and evening shadows fall, the stainless-steel mesh transforms the sculptures, incorporatin

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