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Peace Sculpture Honed from WTC Steel11-13-06 | News

Peace Sculpture Honed from WTC Steel




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The peace sculpture by Architect Scott Hurst and landscape architect Matthew Gart, ASLA, will reside in Christiansburg, Va.

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A piece of twisted steel brought from the wreckage of the WTC in New York City on May 2002 has been sculpted by architect Scott Hurst and landscape architect Matthew Gart, ASLA, of the Virginia Tech Office of the University Architect.

The Montgomery, Va. County Board of Supervisors has accepted the peace sculpture as a donation for outside display at the Government Center in Christiansburg, Va.

?EUR??,,????'??The sculpture was originally intended for the Virginia Tech campus, but when it was decided to install it off campus in Christiansburg, the Rotary Club decided to mostly keep the original design,?EUR??,,????'?? Mattew Gart explained to LASN. ?EUR??,,????'??A few details are being left out as I understand, those being the stone edging we wanted to layout in a Fibonacci sequence and the benches. As we are no longer involved with the project, I am not sure which other elements of the original design will be deleted.?EUR??,,????'??

The county engineer will be responsible for the concrete footing, and New River Engraving will make a plaque that reads:

?EUR??,,????'??This sculpture is made of steel from the World Trade Center in New York after the attack of Sept. 11, 2001. It was erected by the Rotary Club of Montgomery County and the government of Montgomery County as a symbol of the need for world peace and understanding, and in remembrance of the many of all nations who have sacrificed their lives for that cause.?EUR??,,????'??

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