> > > VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR ALL > "CHAIN REACTION" SUPPORTERS: > > PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO OTHERS! > > Santa Monica Landmarks Commission Meeting > Monday, July 9, 2012 > 7:00PM > Santa Monica City Hall > 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica 90401 > > Following the Landmarks Commission unanimous > vote at their May 14 meeting to nominate Paul Conrad's > "Chain Reaction" sculpture for Santa Monica City > landmark status, and upon completion of the City's > standard 60-day formal review process, the 7 commission > members will vote at their July 9 meeting. Four votes > are needed for passage. > > Landmark Designation Criteria > A property is eligible for designation if it meets one or more > of the following criteria: > * exemplifies elements of the city's cultural, social, economic > or political history. > * manifests aesthetic, artistic or other noteworthy interest or value. > * is identified with historic personages or important events in local, > state or national history. > * embodies distinguishing architectural characteristics valuable > for study. > * is the work of a notable builder, designer or architect. > * occupies a unique location or is a familiar visual feature of a > neighborhood. > > We urge supporters to attend the meeting AND email messages > supportive of "Chain Reaction" being designated a landmark. > (one e-mail can be sent to all 7 members of the Santa Monica > Landmarks Commission c/o their city staff representative > Scott Albright. Email to: scott.albri...@smgov.net ) > > The City offers free validated parking for those who would > like to speak at, or just attend, the public meeting. > Parking is in the large City parking structure just north of > City Hall. Get a validation stub and then insert it in the > parking validation box in the hall area just outside the > 2nd floor City Council Chambers, where the Commission > meeting will take place. > > "Chain Reaction" was designed and built by the late 3-time > Pulitzer Prize winning political cartoonist Paul Conrad. The > 26-foot-tall nuclear mushroom cloud chain link sculpture > was gifted to Santa Monica through an anonymous $250,000 > donation, and , since 1991, has been standing in the Santa Monica > Civic Center. The iconic public art peace monument bears > Conrad's timely message inscribed at it's base: > "This is a statement of peace. May it never become an epitaph." > > The Conrad family and community are currently trying to raise > timely funds to help restore and strengthen the sculpture. > For further information or to donate, visit: > Conrad family website: www.ConradProjects.com > Facebook: facebook.com/SaveTheChainReaction > Or call: 310-399-1000 ( S.O.S. Save Our Sculpture ) > > Paul Conrad was born June, 27, 1924 and passed away > on September 4, 2010 of natural causes at his home in > Rancho Palos Verdes with his family by his side. > > THANK YOU! LET'S ALL DOUBLE OUR EFFORTS NOW > TO SAVE "CHAIN REACTION". > > #### > > >
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