Lights Of Rosa Parks Circle Are Beautiful. Do You See The Hidden Lights?

Grand Rapids Rosa Parks Circle, the summer time amphitheater, winter time ice rink, is a wonderful gem of downtown Grand Rapids.

During the holidays the lighted trees around the ice rink, and the huge lighted tree make it a special place for skating or just enjoying a bit of winter.

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However, there is something even more special about Rosa Parks Circle. It's the lights.

No, not the lights of the trees and the huge Christmas tree.

It's the lights under the ice.

Actually, they are there year round, embedded in the amphitheater floor, but I'm not sure if they are turned on in warmer weather, during events, concerts, etc. But when the ice is created, it is fascinating to see the lights coming through the ice.

The City of Grand Rapids says pay attention at night when obviously they are most visible.

There are 166 fiber optic lights, and they are set in a very magical and intentional way. They mirror the nighttime Michigan sky over Grand Rapids on January 1, 2000!

So why the Michigan sky on January 1, 2000? The millennium, of course, the turn of the 21st century.

Rosa Parks Circle was designed by world famous architect, designer and sculptor, Maya Lin. If you didn't know, she has designed and created the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Also the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama, among many other creations.

Construction began in 2001 and opened to the public as Rosa Parks Circle the following year.  The American Planning Association points out the park features two pieces of art: Maya Lin's work Ecliptic, inspired by the Grand River, and sculptor Ed Dwight's public art piece of Rosa Parks.

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