SPOKANE, Wash - Spokane Parks Department employees have known for years about structural and appearance concerns with a public sculpture in Riverfront Park and aren't sure what do to about its future.

The Stepwell structure was paid for with more than $500,000 in taxpayer funds from the Riverfront Park bond in 2014.

It sits on the south side of the Spokane River, not far from the Post Street boundary of the park.

COVID and other delays led to the sculpture not opening until 2023.

Months after its opening, people started noticing graffiti. The city fenced what was supposed to be an interactive sculpture and in the years since, it’s been inaccessible for weeks and months at a time.

Emails obtained through a 4 News Now public records request reveal parks employees’ concerns that it won’t

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