Down with the Albino Turd

Editor:

Thank you for the article and, more importantly, the photographs of the concrete slab at the entrance to Gordon Park. Perhaps a recognized artist’s (Tom Bamberger) reactions to that entrance will have more of an impact on the leaders, elected, appointed, or self-appointed than the ideas concerning the abuse of our public land by a mere citizen/oaf. I am now able to view an albino turd sticking some 15 feet out of the ground from my home when gazing westward, because the military barracks style condo obliterates any view I may once have had to the east.

Bamberger makes an excellent point concerning the costs associated with the desecration of the Gordon Park entrance. In the current economic climate, and given the large number of desperate situations that our community needs to address, diverting even $20 to this project is just plain wrong. So now the recently green stretch of East Locust Street is violated by the concrete “art” on the South side and by the concrete, steel, and “Flintstone” boulders on the North. To hell with green, flowers, trees, etc.

Believe It or Not: Art in public spaces can be successful. Human demarcation and imposition upon the earth’s surface can work. Just to mention three local examples.

1) Victory Park on Martin Luther King Drive with its recycled construction concrete “V”
2) Snail’s Crossing’s brilliant blend of the man-made and nature
3) Garden Park’s exquisite stone and metal sculpture

Kurt R. Holzhauer

P.S. Thanks for the salute to the Drakes. They have contributed so much to our community and our city and continue to do so.