Groningen City Boundary Markers - Book G

The fourth blip in the Groningen City Boundary Markers series. Previous entries:

Book U
Book O
Book N

This map shows the location of all the boundary markers (see below for explanation of the letters assigned to the markers). The sign next to the marker says:

For centuries, town borders were marked by walls and fortifications interspersed with highly decorated gates. The gates gave the outside world access to the towns and opened them up to the surrounding countryside. Many of the old walls and gates were pulled down in the 19th century, when towns lost their traditional shape. Groningen received the town charter in 1040. As part of the celebrations to mark is 950th anniversary, it was decided to erect a series of markers indicating the boundaries of the city and spelling its ancient name CRUONINGA. The project has been designed by Daniel Libeskind.

John Hejduk's design is a triptych about the passage of time. It consists of a tower of playing cards with cards in one colour on each of its four sides, a tower of letters which spell the name Groningen and a long pole supporting the wheel of fortune on which a joker is resting. There are 52 cards, the same number as the weeks in the year. The number of spots on the cards (364) plus the joker make 365, the number of days in the year. A game of good and bad fortune in the past, the present and the future.

I have also taken a picture of the joker sitting on top of the wheel of fortune.