A Mesa artist with international clout has a poignant, larger-than-life sculpture piece depicting two life-sized figures holding aloft a gilded, oblong house; the image raises the question of whether the figures will drop the home, or balance it among the crushing pressures of today's imploding market.

Mesa's Superstition Springs Transit Center is still a blank canvas, but at Wednesday's groundbreaking the beginning brush strokes will ply a scenic design.

It’s being billed as a legacy for one of Mesa’s favorite museum showpieces — and for the city itself.