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Grassroots activism lost to corporate America last night when the 50-foot Berwyn “Spindle,” an eight-car kobob, was dismantled under the cover of darkness. Cermak Plaza’s pop icon was taken down with a crane to make room for a proposed Walgreens.
The “Spindle” was listed on eBay two weeks ago for $50,000, but no bids were placed, and activists were unable to raise the $300,000 estimated to restore and save the tower.
The Trib reported thoughts from Berwyn Alderman Michele Skyrd:
Skryd likened the dismantling to Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley's unannounced, infamous midnight raid in 2003 to demolish Meigs Field, the small lakefront airport.
Right.
The two top cars have been placed in storage in case money is raised to restore them and create a new “Spindle.”
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The people who wanted to save this thing didn't have to live/shop around it. Good riddance.
I'm bummed I never went and saw it.
CL: What the hell are talking about.
CL: You beat me to it!
Scrap metal masquerading as art.
Totally worthless!
it's a big cock.
with cars.
someone is overcompensating.
Oh, I see. It's an eyesore.
You know, as oppossed to billboards for car insurance (or whatever), the beautiful Circuit City, Shoe Carnival, Party City and Service Merchandise or other such aesthetically pleasing structures around it. You don't have to like it as art or whatever but:
didn't have to live/shop around it.
ha,
Yeah this *must* have been the worst thing to have to see in beautiful Berwyn......
Service Merchandise is still in business?
I agree with Navin. Before this morning, there was one man-made object worth looking at.
Now the number is zero.
kitch is a subsidiary of nostalgia,the kiss of overt idealism and was the potential savior of a piece of "art" in a strip mall that was held together by bird shit.
"Service Merchandise is still in business?"
No, but the sign is still there and the space is still vacant.
I always hated that thing. Good riddance.
It was a fucking eyesore and an embarassment.
as a lifelong berwyn resident, all i can say is i enjoyed the sculpture for what it was...a piece of creative public art in a world increasingly devoid of creativity. and i think all the people knocking on Berwyn are just upset they've overpaid for an walk in closet in a "hot" neighborhood, while i could afford a classic brick bungalow with all the trimmings for less (oh yea, and metra still gets me to work faster than my city friends who take the el).
We knock on Berwyn because Rich Kos brainwashed us.
You can spell "Yoknapatawpha" correctly, but you can't spell Rich Koz's correctly?
Pitiful!
And Navin, just because something else is ugly to you, doesn't make this thing beautiful to the rest of us.
Are you talking about "Party City" Scooter?
Too bad Svengoolie couldn't save it.
And Berwyn ain't so bad.
Next to The Spindle, Sven's Berwyn's only claim to fame isn't he?