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re: Demon Statue added behind old K&B building in New Orleans
Posted on 2/1/23 at 11:04 pm to pevetohead
Posted on 2/1/23 at 11:04 pm to pevetohead
There used to be a beautiful library there, but then they tore it down and K&B built that Soviet bloc style office building. I never could decide which was uglier, the building or its sculptures. On St. Charles from Lee Circle all the way to Canal, there were all sorts of great buildings torn down for "modern" ones in the 50s, 60s and 70s. Even so, the historic preservation people were largely able to save Nola from being totally Atlanta-fied during this period. I'm pouring a little bit of by bourbon out for the great buildings we weren't able to save.
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Posted on 2/2/23 at 10:15 am to Tall Tiger
The building was built for the John Hancock Company; K&B occupied it later after donating the old K&B headquarters to the CAC. The building is actually on the national register of historic places, but YMMV.
The sculpture has been there for years. It is not new; it just sits on the back of the property (private) almost under the expressway, completely out of view.
I don't think that it is a Noguchi. The concrete water feature in the front is a Noguchi.
Besthoff was an odd guy who probably found it funny and a bit subversive.
I guess he was just waiting for the TD Poli Board to get worked up over it.
The sculpture has been there for years. It is not new; it just sits on the back of the property (private) almost under the expressway, completely out of view.
I don't think that it is a Noguchi. The concrete water feature in the front is a Noguchi.
Besthoff was an odd guy who probably found it funny and a bit subversive.
I guess he was just waiting for the TD Poli Board to get worked up over it.
This post was edited on 2/2/23 at 10:17 am
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