Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

"A community’s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic." [Katz, EPA] This blog focuses on place and placemaking and all that makes it work--historic preservation, urban design, transportation, asset-based community development, arts & cultural development, commercial district revitalization, tourism & destination development, and quality of life advocacy--along with doses of civic engagement and good governance watchdogging.

Thursday, January 04, 2007

For want of glue, a sculpture was lost

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution article "One small step for sculptor, one giant mess for KSU," quality is still job one.

Spaceship Earth, Kennesaw State University
Calvin Cruce/AJC. BEFORE: A life-size figure of the late environmentalist David Brower stands atop a massive sphere in 'Spaceship Earth,' the $1 million sculpture unveiled at Kennesaw State University in October.
A collapsed Spaceship Earth
Andy Sharp/AJC. AFTER: Kennesaw State University employee John Kirtley examines a pile of rubble that was once the sculpture 'Spaceship Earth.' It collapsed last Thursday during campus holiday break.

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