Barney Bright

[1] Barney Bright would begin construction on the well-known Louisville Clock in 1974, a year after the initial project was intended to be completed.

), but the developers easily became absent-minded about the original intentions until former Louisville mayor Wilson W. Wyatt mentioned it to local leaders in 1973.

After the original concept was scaled back considerably to conform to the budgeting, Bright would work on building the clock and have it dedicated in front of 3,000 people on December 3, 1976.

[3] Other notable works accomplished by Bright were the River Horse Romano in front of the Mazzoli Federal Building's entrance, and the Winged Man, Icarus.

[1] He was also commissioned by the City of Philadelphia to create the statue of basketball legend Julius Erving.