The above photo was taken at the corner of Dr. Martin Luther King Drive and South Elm Street. It is of the September 11th sculpture created by Jim Gallucci. He not only created the twenty-two foot sculpture, he went to the scrapyard in New Jersey and purchase 16 tons of steel that came from the Twin Towers. The sculpture, and the steel beams, remind us of the terrorists' attacks on 9/11/2001. The two-story structure will be especially noticeable at night once lights are installed. In a recent News and Record Article (9/10/17), Gallucci recalls the fact that he was the last person to receive a permit to remove materials from the scrap yard. Notice the Lincoln Financial Group (JP) building in the background.
Gallucci's statue was installed in September on the spot that once housed Dr. King's bust. The King bust is getting a facelift and will be installed in a different location downtown. Here is a post of the MLK bust from the first month we began publishing Greensboro Daily Photo in 2009.
Impressive, and in a fitting location.
Posted by: William Kendall | Saturday, October 14, 2017 at 02:16 PM