tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450441540392234305.post4647315247571217173..comments2024-02-11T17:12:19.354-08:00Comments on History, Los Angeles County: Pershing Square, 1962Vickey Kallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00626852594829464240noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450441540392234305.post-28876610350839101182012-12-03T10:42:52.922-08:002012-12-03T10:42:52.922-08:00Thank you both for your comments. Will, I agree wi...Thank you both for your comments. Will, I agree with you heartily.<br />Paul, I was going by other's statements that this monument was the oldest in LA. <br />So I looked up a definition of public art. I thought (wrongly) that it was art created with public funds or art created for the public. But, it's artwork created to be in a public space and viewable by all. <br />That's murky enough to be confusing, because cemeteries are accessible--but they aren't really in the public domain the way a street corner or park is.<br />Vickey Kallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00626852594829464240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450441540392234305.post-54201176447713372672012-12-03T07:35:58.136-08:002012-12-03T07:35:58.136-08:00I love being reminded of what a wonderful civic ce...I love being reminded of what a wonderful civic center we had in Pershing Square... right up until its current closed-off "It Came From The '80s!"incarnation was foisted upon angelenos in the early/mid 1990s. I've tried repeatedly to embrace its dated-right-away style and disconnection with its surroundings, but each time I'm in the park I come away reinforced that it's an abominable use of such precious open space. I can only hope that the city will some day correct this mistake and restore Pershing Square to being the accessible public plaza it should always be.Will Campbellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450441540392234305.post-40680307717475532122012-12-02T21:31:18.868-08:002012-12-02T21:31:18.868-08:00You don't consider cemetery monuments to be &q...You don't consider cemetery monuments to be "public art"? Some still extant in L.A. might be older than year 1900.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05340377407356079369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450441540392234305.post-75588217845160561792012-12-02T21:30:34.728-08:002012-12-02T21:30:34.728-08:00You don't consider cemetery monuments to be &q...You don't consider cemetery monuments to be "public art"?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05340377407356079369noreply@blogger.com