Dedicated to the preservation of the Louisianans who have served, been wounded, or killed in action while serving in the United States Military, Louisiana Veterans Memorial Park has become one of the most notable locations in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Transformed from a location that was more about the past than the present, the park highlights […]
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Monumentous Potential: The Spanish Town Lion
Spanish Town is the oldest neighborhood in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Placed on the National Register in 1978 and becoming a Local Historic District in 2008, it has a history that is essential to the entire region. This significance is personified by an icon of a lion that appears all across Spanish Town, […]
North Boulevard Town Square Fulfills a Vision for Transforming a Disjoined Space into a Community Hub
Linking multiple areas of the city, North Boulevard Town Square has become the social and cultural heart of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Featuring a variety of distinct areas as well as an identifiable icon, North Boulevard Town Square showcases what it can mean to fulfill a vision related to transforming a featureless section of a city […]
The Four Corners Monument Creates a Landmark Out of a Mapping Anomaly
The Four Corners Monument marks the location where the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah meet. The only quadripoint in the United States, what is little more than a mapping anomaly has become a landmark for the region and country, highlighting how something random and formless can become a defined attraction. From Marker […]
Monumentous World: The Obscure and Outstanding Monuments in Pueblo, Colorado
Pueblo, Colorado has become known as the “City of Heroes” due to how many Medal of Honor Winners are from the area. This distinction cultivated an identity that can be experienced across the city but monuments and landmarks that are connected to this legacy are not the only ones to define the community. The Headwater […]
The Pueblo Vietnam War Memorial Imagines a New Use of Empty Space for Dundee Park
Dedicated to the people who served for the United States in the Vietnam War, the Vietnam War Memorial is a distinct landmark in Pueblo, Colorado. Defining Dundee Park on multiple levels, the monument imagines what it can mean to see what is otherwise empty space instead positively define an entire community. Dedicated to Colorado Vietnam […]
Heroes Plaza Defines an Identity for Pueblo as the “Home of Heroes”
Four life-sized bronze statues have come to define a space and identity for Pueblo, Colorado. Representing winners of the highest military award, the landmarks that make up Heroes Plaza personify the “Home of Heroes” theme that the city of Pueblo had previously adopted, bringing to life an identity that has cultivated a sense of connection […]