23 July 2012

refurbishing the 80s

margaret mitchell's memorial (1986) at her eponymous square has undergone a complete renovation, including extensive conservation of the sculpture --- for the first time in years, the fountains are working! clearly they have not figured out how to exclude the public from this public space, but i'm sure somebody is thinking about it --- in the meantime, there was a drunk, a depressed and probably unemployed person, and a crazy woman all at once ---

they removed two or three trees (birch maybe?) like those that remain, which had been totally obscuring the fountains --- it's still chicken wire, however
and the old wyndham hotel/hotel midtown (1989) is getting more than a fluff job --- it appears that, like campanile, it will lose all of its distinctive features --- the red brick and stone trim as well as the wierd triangular bay windows will all be gone --- 
bleeehh!!! what are they thinking?

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