Your cities' obelisk(s)

[HooverDam]

In North Scottsdale they have a Frank Lloyd Wright inspired spire/obelisk thing that lights up at night:







Its based on the spires in FLWs unbuilt idea for a new AZ state capitol:

[scalziand]

^^That is wicked cool.

[Dan Denson]

Originally Posted by JMancuso

Good perspective of the San Jacinto Monument's location in east Harris County (alhough I really like the original shot, too).

[rockyi]

A marker at the largest Confederate cemetery in the northern states on Arsenal Island, Rock Island, IL.

[MonkeyRonin]

The Boer War Memorial on University Avenue:




http://www.tobuilt.ca/php/tobuilding...earch_fd3=2721


Also I suppose the Holocaust Memorial at Earl Bales Park could be considered an obelisk?


http://www.tobuilt.ca/php/tobuilding...earch_fd3=6572

[Architype]

Vancouver has a number of these small ones in a park at False Creek near downtown. These are Frank Lloyd Wright inspired:

credit - my photo

Here is another photo

And this one in downtown Vancouver, in Canada they tend to be more modest.

credit - my photo

[Tower6]

Well, when I lived in Berwyn there was this one:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...e_20070707.jpg

What a masterpiece!

[ItsConanOBrien]

Portland, Maine doesn't have any outside of the cemetaries. After seeing all these examples of cities that have one downtown, I think one should be built immediately.

And I don't think that the Bunker Hill Monument in Boston (Charlestown) has been mentioned in this thread: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunker_Hill_Monument

[FerrariEnzo]

Originally Posted by pj3000

Grave of John D. Rockefeller, Lakeview Cemetery - Cleveland

Some more from a few years back...

[HomrQT]

Originally Posted by Tower6

Well, when I lived in Berwyn there was this one:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...e_20070707.jpg

What a masterpiece!

I can't believe they took it down. What the hell!?! IT WAS IN WAYNE'S WORLD!!!

[TarHeelJ]

Atlanta Obelisks

Confederate Dead Memorial

http://www.flickr.com/photos/58901870@N00/3062196492/

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial

http://www.flickr.com/photos/j_m_w/3546796631/

Former Mayor Andrew Young Monument

http://www.flickr.com/photos/firecomet/3211296734/

Decatur Courthouse Monument

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nda5150/2638266654/

Piedmont Park Marker

http://www.flickr.com/photos/valerie_c/1234253433/

[TarHeelJ]

I'm surprised no one posted this one yet:

Bunker Hill Monument, Boston MA

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcd1863/4160937645/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/alain_q...on/3746923865/

[Centropolis]

http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarkin...1ffa397ad1.JPG

guess it really isnt the idea to refer to mausoleums, but Bellefontaine is chock full of large ones (for graves).

[Aleks]

I love the FLW Spire. It's one of my favorite pieces of public art. it's just sooo... different, as if it should be in epcot or something.

[TarHeelJ]

Originally Posted by Matthew

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.

Here are a couple I found on flickr...you are SO right, it is a beautiful location - on the campus of R.J. Reynolds High School:

Katharine Reynolds Obelisk, Winston-Salem NC

http://www.flickr.com/photos/giantsloth/2873550610/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/20985745@N03/2042224010/

[texcolo]

Washington Monument with scaffolding... I had to post it.

[TarHeelJ]

The 90' obelisk atop Bank of America Plaza in Atlanta:


http://www.flickr.com/photos/ucumari/481358751/sizes/l/

[Tower6]

Originally Posted by HomrQT

I can't believe they took it down. What the hell!?! IT WAS IN WAYNE'S WORLD!!!

Yeah, that was a bummer. Is there anything artistic left in Cermak Plaza?

[JDRCRASH]

Woah, I didn't know BofA Atlanta had an obelisk.

[TarHeelJ]

Originally Posted by JDRCRASH

Woah, I didn't know BofA Atlanta had an obelisk.

I don't think many people realize it...for all of the criticism the BOA crown/spire get for being an "afterthought", it's actually a nicely planned part of the building's architecture.

"There is a 90 ft (27 m) obelisk-like spire at the top of the building echoing the shape of the building as a whole. The spire is covered in 23 karat gold leaf."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of...Plaza_(Atlanta)