L. A. looks for a symbol
NZPA-AP Los Angeles When Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States, wanted a monument to rival New York’s Statue of Liberty, architects responded with some far-out suggestions that would make Lady Liberty drop her torch. The West Coast Gateway Committee received 150 designs, including a towering baseball mitt, a giant transparent bird and huge naked statues in plain view of hundreds of thousands of daily highway commuters. Judges whittled the selections down to five, with, semi-finalists including the gargantuan bird with an egg that lowers on to a surface street — designed by an Estonian, Vilen Kunnapu. “We want a symbol of Los Angeles,” said Mr Nick Patsaouras, the chairman of the Gateway Committee. “We want it to stand the test of time, into the twenty-first century. I’m very happy with our entries.” Backers hope that the final design will be built over the Santa Ana Freeway, near City Hall.
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