Six 12-metre high bronze I-beam towers each hold up an image from the history of the area cut into a metal plate. The plates cast the shadow of the image onto the street. Texts etched in the limestone bases refer to the events relevant to the site. The positioning of the panels has been carefully calculated so that their optimum contrast and focus on the street is the month, date, and time that the event ocurred. For example, if the sun is shining just before noon on June 17, the projected image of Vancouver's "Great Fire" will be visible on the promenade below.

"An aspect of the work is meant to produce a light and shadow play… The bronze panels cast shadows of the captured (historical) images… References in the work are hybrids[influenced by]: historic railway trestles, the Roundhouse turntable, a railway hand-car, billboard-like sign supports which were on the south shore of False Creek until the 1950's, drive-in movie theatre screens..." (From press release) Some of the residents in the condominiums next to the art work started a campaign against the piece when it was installed, calling it a "malignant monstrosity." The piece had its supporters and detractors and in the end City Council supported the public art selection process and the work has survived the tests of time.