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WHEREAS, Thaddeus G. Mosley, born in New Castle, Pennsylvania in 1926, is a world renowned sculptor with an illustrious career who works mostly in wood and is currently based in Pittsburgh; and,
WHEREAS, his best-known sculptures in Pittsburgh are the 14-foot cedar Phoenix at the corner of Centre Avenue and Dinwiddie in the Hill District <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_District_(Pittsburgh)> and the Mountaintop limestone at the Martin Luther King Jr. Library in the Hill District at Herron and Milwaukee Streets; and,
WHEREAS, Mr. Mosley is the honoree of several arts awards, which include the 1999 Governor's Award for Artist of the Year in Pennsylvania Visual Arts, the PCA 2000 Cultural Award, and the PCA 2002 Service to the Arts Award and Exhibition, the latter of which was first awarded in 1997, and is given to a member of the local arts community for demonstrating inspiration, involvement, commitment and passion for the arts; and,
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NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare October 5, 2013 to be "Thaddeus Mosley Day" in the City of Pittsburgh.