Construction is nearly finished at the new Denver Justice Center. The Detention Facility is supposed to open in April, and the Courthouse in July. Thanks to Vicki H. for the tip, here’s a link to a video slideshow tour from inside those new buildings. From within the video, I captured this rendering of Dennis Oppenheim’s Light Chamber, the major piece of public art that will be located in the Center’s broad public plaza (click for full size):

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According to the DJC project website, Light Chamber will be installed this summer at the north end of the plaza at Colfax and Tremont.  That looks pretty cool to me, and with appropriate lighting, should be quite dramatic at night. Light Chamber, with the impressive glass wall of the Courthouse behind it, will be directly in the line of view down Tremont Place where it terminates at Colfax. Nice.