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The Five Points Monument by George Beasley
The Monument that George Beasley constructed for the spot where Peachtree, Edgewood, Decatur, Whitehall, and Marietta Streets intersect is constructed to commemorate what existed before the monument's construction in 1996. The Monument is an abstract assemblage that has no noticeable symmetry. Instead the composition of the structure seems to be cantilever; projecting out of the ground with a vertical structure connected to a diagonal steel rectangle that connects at the top and is connected in the middle by half of a steel drum that resembles a water tower drum and twisted train tracks that sit in the middle of the structure. These elements of the design were intended to resemble the existing structures that once stood in the monument's location. Before it's construction there were cable cars and a water tower that were located in Five Points. George Beasley intended to use these objects in his monument abstractly to remind people and commemorate their existence. These elements in Beasely's design create an exciting contour and juxtaposition that keep the views from every angle indistinct from which is frontal. You can walk around any side of the structure and experience a new and exciting view. It seems that the structure is mostly composed of steel and metal to allow the structure to have a quality of endurance that should be able to withstand most deteriorating weather conditions. I read many articles on the structure that state that it is under-appreciated, yet I find that hard to believe. Because it is abstract perhaps, but I find the structure to be representational and exciting.
The Monument that George Beasley constructed for the spot where Peachtree, Edgewood, Decatur, Whitehall, and Marietta Streets intersect is constructed to commemorate what existed before the monument's construction in 1996. The Monument is an abstract assemblage that has no noticeable symmetry. Instead the composition of the structure seems to be cantilever; projecting out of the ground with a vertical structure connected to a diagonal steel rectangle that connects at the top and is connected in the middle by half of a steel drum that resembles a water tower drum and twisted train tracks that sit in the middle of the structure. These elements of the design were intended to resemble the existing structures that once stood in the monument's location. Before it's construction there were cable cars and a water tower that were located in Five Points. George Beasley intended to use these objects in his monument abstractly to remind people and commemorate their existence. These elements in Beasely's design create an exciting contour and juxtaposition that keep the views from every angle indistinct from which is frontal. You can walk around any side of the structure and experience a new and exciting view. It seems that the structure is mostly composed of steel and metal to allow the structure to have a quality of endurance that should be able to withstand most deteriorating weather conditions. I read many articles on the structure that state that it is under-appreciated, yet I find that hard to believe. Because it is abstract perhaps, but I find the structure to be representational and exciting.