New Public Art Downtown - The Scramble

"The Scamble" opens near the Aquarium.

It is an art project replacing the old people mover/incline heading to the Bluff View District.

New public art installation has officially opened in downtown chattanooga.

The installation, called "the scramble", serves as a connection between walnut plaza and the tennessee aquarium.

It features sculptures made from local cut stone from nearby sequatchie county.

News 12'skenan scott joins us now live with the full story.

Emily, andrew when i talked to local public officials this afternoon, they told me that this exhibit would hopefully be the first of many new projects as downtown chattanooga continues to http: the installation was spearheaded by the river city company, who are overseeing much of the downtown area's economic development.

A new, interactive pedestrian corridor in the heart of downtown chattanooga is officially open to the public.

Spearheaded by the river city company, the new attraction called "the scramble" is a $1.5 million dollar project located on the first street walkway that was previously occupied by a run-down funicular, or people mover.

River city president emily mack says that it was an eyesore in need of renovation.

"it's actually where the old funicular, or people mover, was located.

It was defunct and it was later taken out of service.

And so that really left this void and hole in our downtown and our built environment.

And so what the scramble is, is that it's an opportunity to reimagine, reinvent and transform this public asset."

"i see the scramble as something that's going to engage other communities to have projects like that, that's going to bring those communities together.

I envision projects like the scramble being interactive as far as you have our individual communities.

But in order to be a strong city, those individual communities have to come together."

The city gave $800,000 for the project, with river city putting up the remainder with contributions from the lyndhurst and benwood foundations.

In chattanooga, kenan scott,