Due to risk of collapse, the garden voted to let The Parks Department take the sculpture. There’s a chance they will let 10 feet of it remain (it’s 5 stories tall now). They can send a cherry-picker at any time and don't need to notify the garden. Hopefully, it will stand until the celebration this Sunday, so people can say goodbye.
“We loved Eddie,” my tipster says, “and his sculpture was what he did, but it becomes like a long tenure of graffiti--eventually someone covers even the best of what you did and it's gone.” Somehow, that does make me feel a little better.
painting of Eddie in Sophie's Bar
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Since Eddie himself said he didn't care what happened to the sculpture, in that case, I guess it's ok to tear the tower of toys down. But do not tear it down solely because that it's deemed to be an eyesore.
ReplyDeleteI don't see why they can't landmark art - they can landmark buildings, or districts; why not sculpture?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the update, Jeremiah. I feel a little better about this too. I'd like to see some of it remain. At least his art lives on at Sophie's (there's quite a bit, actually).
ReplyDeleteEven if it needs to come down, and even if he didn't mind, the corner won't be the same without it. Viva the characters of NYC! - E
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