by jfawcett | Feb 14, 2014
On June 7th, 1991, nine-year old Christopher Harris was killed while being used as a human shield in a gunfight between two men. This memorial, by sculptor Rudolph Torrini, hollow cast in bronze and filled with parts from melted handguns, stands as a testament against...
by jfawcett | Feb 14, 2014
Officially known as the American Legion Founding Commemorative Monument, the sculptured granite pylon was commissioned by the Monument Builders of America to commemorate the founding of the American Legion. The sculptor, calling it The Search for Eternal Peace,...
by jfawcett | Feb 14, 2014
The new United States Court and Custom House construction budget had provisions for pairs of twenty-nine foot tall figures at each of three public entrances. Hawkins was awarded the commission for the pair on the Market Street side, and even though he reduced the...
by jfawcett | Feb 14, 2014
As people scramble onto the escalator that descends toward the MetroLink tracks at the Convention Center station, a glowing metallic gold dugout canoe suspended among the branches of skeletal trees appears to float before their eyes. Located in the station’s escalator...
by jfawcett | Feb 14, 2014
These four bas-relief sculptures are located in a small circular plaza at the Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center. Each panel depicts children playing together in one of the four seasons: winter, spring, summer, and fall. Dimensions: 4′ x 5′...
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