The following excerpts, were taken from the article "Perking up Public Places, Tempe blossoms with outdoor art" which appeared in the Phoenix Home & Garden, January 1998. Text by Ann Patterson. Photography by Nancy Erdmann.

You cruise past Physiotherapy Associates on East Broadway and spy what looks like ancient Indian petroglyphs outlined in metal... You realize you're looking at public art -- fun and sometimes fanciful objects intended for everybody's enjoyment. But what you may not know is that taxpayers didn't have to fund it...These pleasurable additions to the city's urban environment are coming to us courtesy of what some might say is an unlikely source; real estate developers turned art patrons. ...The story behind Tempe's privately funded art-blossoming began in 1994, when the city quietly enacted an art-in-private-development ordinance requiring developers of large-scale office or retail developments to include art at their complexes. The objective, says Tempe's Cultural Services Manager Jody Ulich, "was to incorporate artwork into the private sector. We're trying to to beautify the city. We're trying to add an additional design element by involving an artist in the design of the project. Tempe doesn't just hope developers will put art into their buildings; we require it."