Your cities' obelisk(s) - Page 2

pj3000 · #21 Posted **Mar 29, 2010, 8:43 PM**

Perry Monument - Presque Isle State Park, Erie PA

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ljsilicon/

DJM19 · #22 Posted **Mar 30, 2010, 3:02 AM**

LA City hall is sort of an obelisk:

via you-are-here.com

Theres also the Griffith observatory statue (sort of a concave one):

via Treehugger

pj3000 · #23 Posted **Mar 30, 2010, 3:09 AM**

PPG Plaza - Pittsburgh PA

LSyd · #24 Posted **Mar 30, 2010, 3:26 AM**

LA City Hall - not an obelisk (see Hancock Centre madness above). the rest are cool though. i like the scale of the PPG one...

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Matthew · #25 Posted **Mar 30, 2010, 3:46 AM**

Winston-Salem

The most well-known obelisk in Winston-Salem is the Kathrine Smith Johnston Obelisk, outside the 2,500 seat auditorium she paid for in 1923.

Photo Credit: Jonathan & Susan's Winston-Salem Obelisk Collection

Years ago, Winston-Salem used obelisks as street markers. The sides were painted with the street names. I took this photo below in the West Highlands Neighborhood. The paint with the street names is no longer on the obelisk and leads many new residents to ask what they are used for.

Historic Street Sign in Winston-Salem

An historic 1960's photo of one of these street signs with the street names painted on it in Winston-Salem's Columbia Heights Neighborhood.

Photo Credit: Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Public Library

Dan Denson · #26 Posted **Mar 30, 2010, 3:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by arlekin_m

Too bad about that beautiful obelisk in Houston being in the middle of nowhere...

Go to Google Earth and do a search on Battleground Rd., and you'll see that the San Jacinto monument is in the middle of a huge industrial complex. It's in a metro area of nearly 6 million people. The monument is not in the middle of nowhere. However, it is surrounded by a park.

Nowhereman1280 · #27 Posted **Mar 30, 2010, 4:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by LSyd

LA City Hall - not an obelisk (see Hancock Centre madness above). the rest are cool though. i like the scale of the PPG one...

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Wait, I thought we agreed that Hancock is an Obelisk?

volguus zildrohar · #28 Posted **Mar 30, 2010, 4:32 AM**

Philadelphia, PA

Penn's Landing - Columbus Memorial

Penn Treaty Park

BNY Mellon Center - Heh Heh.

StethJeff · #29 Posted **Mar 30, 2010, 4:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by LSyd

Houston - the world's tallest

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Kinda creepy. Looks like this photo was taken in North Korea.

Nowhereman1280 · #30 Posted **Mar 30, 2010, 4:58 AM**

^^^ The star would certainly seem to suggest that...

JManc · #31 Posted **Mar 30, 2010, 5:31 AM**

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Originally Posted by Dan Denson

Go to Google Earth and do a search on Battleground Rd., and you'll see that the San Jacinto monument is in the middle of a huge industrial complex. It's in a metro area of nearly 6 million people. The monument is not in the middle of nowhere. However, it is surrounded by a park.

pj3000 · #32 Posted **Mar 30, 2010, 3:37 PM**

Grave of John D. Rockefeller, Lakeview Cemetery - Cleveland

muppet · #33 Posted **Mar 30, 2010, 8:24 PM**

Jakarta National independence Monument, 450ft

monas, www.photobucket.com

www.tobaphotographerclub.com

Ordo_ · #34 Posted **Mar 30, 2010, 9:26 PM**

Can't forget Madison WI's "Ball-blisk" outside Camp Randall Stadium.

Cirrus · #35 Posted **Mar 30, 2010, 9:54 PM**

You can find obelisk grave markers in any sizable cemetery in the western world. They really shouldn't count unless they're extraordinary somehow.

You can also count me among those who don't think skyscrapers with a slight resemblance to obelisks really count... although I might be willing to make an exception for the Foshay Tower in Minneapolis:

source: flickr user mgtelu

Cirrus · #36 Posted **Mar 30, 2010, 9:57 PM**

Of course, the Egyptians famously used them just about everywhere:

source: wiki

The Obelisk of Buenos Aires is another extremely famous one.

source: wiki

pj3000 · #37 Posted **Mar 30, 2010, 10:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by Cirrus

You can find obelisk grave markers in any sizable cemetery in the western world. They really shouldn't count unless they're extraordinary somehow.

You can also count me among those who don't think skyscrapers with a slight resemblance to obelisks really count...

I agree, but thought that John D. Rockefeller's grave was extraordinary somehow... since he was, ya know, just kinda important.

And yes, people should stop posting skyscrapers on here.

pj3000 · #38 Posted **Mar 30, 2010, 10:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by Ordo_

Can't forget Madison WI's "Ball-blisk" outside Camp Randall Stadium.

This thing is just ugly and weird. With that seed-filled-turd-looking tower of bad karma standing outside their stadium, it's no wonder that the Badgers are always an also-ran on the gridiron.

Ordo_ · #39 Posted **Mar 30, 2010, 11:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by pj3000

With that seed-filled-turd-looking tower of bad karma standing outside their stadium, it's no wonder that the Badgers are always an also-ran on the gridiron.

That must be it! Thanks for figuring that out for me.

Matthew · #40 Posted **Mar 30, 2010, 11:54 PM**

The Kathrine Smith Johnston Obelisk isn't over her grave. You don't see any graves around it. The obelisk is located at the site of a Parthenon-style science building she proposed beside the auditorium in 1922, but was never able to complete.

She was buried in the graveyard at Reynolda Presbyterian Church in 1924. She didn't live long enough to see the completion of the entire six building complex and the obelisk reminds people of her generosity and vision for the site, as they walk the grounds. This is located on a tall ridge in an historic neighborhood and the other side has an observation area with a large city park, where you can look down on the city and out at two of Winston-Salem's skylines (Downtown & Hawthorne Hill skylines). A beautiful location. I wish I had a better photo of the obelisk.