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

Experiencing the Statue of Liberty Across Liberty Island and Beyond

Engaging with a Universal and National Legacy

The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World, better known simply as the Statue of Liberty, is a monumentous monument located in New York Harbor in New York City, New York. Situated across the 5.95 ha property on Liberty Island, audiences can have multiple experiences with the monument and various features that have been created across […]

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Multiple Elements of Miami History and Culture Define the “Pillar of History”

A Legacy of Multiple Pieces of History

Commissioned by the Florida Department of Transportation in 1995, the “Pillar of History” is a 36-foot high carved column that graphically narrates the lives of the Tequesta Indians, in Miami, Florida. Created by Cuban Master Sculptor Manuel Carbonell, the piece as well as various markers that are thematically connected to multiple eras and aspects of […]

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The Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial Imaginatively Portrays the Triumph of the Human Spirit

Inspired by Alex Haley’s 1976 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “Roots: The Saga of an American Family,” the Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial has multiple connections to the location where it resides at the City Dock in Annapolis, Maryland. Commemorating the spot where Kunta Kinte set foot on American soil, it is dedicated to all of the African […]

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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. […]

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The Calle Ocho McDonald’s Reflects and Celebrates the Little Havana Community

Enabling Compelling and Authentic Experiences

A McDonald’s restaurant has been able to reflect the community that it is literally part of in a profound manner for the Little Havana neighborhood in Miami, Florida. By bringing in local artists to paint the exterior walls and install various pieces of art on and around the structure, the Calle Ocho McDonald’s location has […]

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The Fulford-by-the-Sea Fountain Provides an Identity for a North Miami Neighborhood

An Irreplaceable Symbol of North Miami Beach History

The Fulford-By-The-Sea Fountain is a historic fountain located in a residential neighborhood in North Miami Beach, Florida. Built as part of a development project, it provided an identity for the early neighborhood that has ended up spanning eras and audiences to become an especially distinct symbol for an entire area. Built as Part of a […]

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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 […]

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