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

A Monument Helps to Transform Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park

Miami and Martin Luther King Jr.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Park is a community park located just outside the city limits of Miami, Florida. Containing open green space and many of the other types of amenities that define most parks, the statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that greets visitors to the park has provided it with an […]

Read More

Monumentous Potential: Latin American Leader Busts of Downtown Miami

The potential to be something that much bigger for the city and space

A series of busts of Latin American leaders reside along a parking median in downtown Miami, Florida. Most of them honor the people who helped liberate specific South American countries but all of them are connected to individuals that have greatly impacted one or multiple modern countries in Central and South America. Their placement without […]

Read More

The Ronald Reagan Equestrian Monument Fulfills a Vision of Engagement for Tropical Park

An Invitation to the Equestrian Center and More

Designed to pay tribute to President Ronald Reagan’s political career and his personal passion, the Ronald Reagan Equestrian Monument has come to define Tropical Park in Miami, Florida. By connecting to the original vision for the park and site, the monument highlights how many different ways a landmark can connect with audiences to cultivate activity […]

Read More

A Gathering at the Crossroads Embodies the Legacy of a Community and Movement

Celebrating the Commonwealth’s Legacy of Freedom

A Gathering at the Crossroads is a sculpture series that celebrates the anniversaries of the 15th and 19th amendments, which respectively provided African-Americans and women the right to vote. It also represents a neighborhood that previously resided in what is today the grounds of the State Capital in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In doing so, the piece […]

Read More

Modern Monuments: Untitled by Alan Gutierrez Reflects and Honors the LGBTQ Community of Miami

Untitled (forms from MEDIAPRO HD ULTIMATE F/X 18 COLOR MAKEUP PALETTE)

Designed to celebrate the legacy of Miami-Dade County’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer champions along with the milestones of the LGBTQ community, the colorful “Untitled” sculpture installed at Enchanted Forest Elaine Gordon Park has come to define the space in North Miami, Florida. The sculpture has connected the community in a profound manner while also […]

Read More

Modern Monuments: Elena Colombo Connects Audiences and Eras with the Fire Bridge at Bethlehem Steel

A physical and spiritual arc between Bethlehem Steel’s past production of steel and the future of the site as a revitalized center for the community

Commissioned by ArtsQuest in conjunction with The National Endowment for the Arts Placemaking Initiative, the Fire Bridge sculpture that resides on the SteelStacks complex honors the steelmaking that used to take place at the location. At the same time, it represents the rebirth of site and as well as the entire community of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. […]

Read More

Atlas Becomes an Icon of the Rockefeller Center and for New York City

Creating a Legacy of Engagement and Opportunity

A large bronze statue that depicts a famous figure from ancient Greece mythology sits in front of the Rockefeller Center in New York, New York. Holding the heavens on his shoulders, Atlas has become an icon that is associated with the Rockefeller Center and also used as a means of identity for the building and […]

Read More