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How to Make Money and Create Community with Monuments - Volume 1

From Guerilla Art to Icon of New York: The Wall Street Bull

Exploring how “Charging Bull” has become one of the most iconic images of New York City

The bronze sculpture of a charging bull that sits in the Financial District in Manhattan, a short distance from Wall Street itself, has managed to capture the imagination of residents of New York City and visitors from across the world. Weighing over three and a half tons and measuring 18 feet long, the Wall Street […]

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How Have Murals and Street Art Influenced the Culture of Austin?

Experiencing the Spirit of Austin

Monuments and landmarks are typically appreciated as single structures or experiences. The Washington Monument in Baltimore is a single structure that gives visitors a one-of-a-kind view of Baltimore, while the Neon Museum allows visitors to experience Las Vegas history in a totally unique way. These experiences are powerful but physically limited, and those limitations are […]

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Exploring the Economic and Cultural Impact of The Fremont Troll

The personification of a monumentous transformation in the Fremont Neighborhood of Seattle, WA

There are multiple approaches to enacting figurative and literal change to and for a neighborhood. Providing the people in that neighborhood with something to be proud of is an essential element in this kind of transformation, and it’s one the community of the Fremont neighborhood in Seattle, Washington focused on in their efforts to create […]

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