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Friday, June 1, 2007

more on king monuments

I was surprised to hear that the boulders at the monument had advertising on them so I walked over tonight to have a look, expecting it wasn't true; but have a look for yourself! Some are inscribed with just donor names, or include a tribute to King, but this one is pretty crass and I could only see a few of the 39 rocks! There was no mention of inscriptions on these rocks in the plans. The recognition inscriptions were to be on bricks, oversize bricks, and "plaques". That would be the same scheme as the Korean monument, all laid flat in the paving.
The sketch in the plans showed round rocks, and Norbert Piker described their size as about that of a person's head. These are not round and much larger. I think I'll like the effect from inside the monument space but if this isn't going to look like a rock pile from the street view, it will need some large plantings.
Dr. King's bronze is wearing a white sheet. How ironic!

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