Boston Wants Their Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial!

Isn't this Martin Luther King Jr. memorial stunning? It was designed by Robert Kelly for the MLK Memorial in Seattle, Washington.Here's more on this great piece of architecture:

"Robert Kelly designed the sculpture and fountain for the Martin Luther King Memorial in Seattle, Washington. It was dedicated November 16, 1991.
Rising from an elliptical reflecting pool in the Martin Luther King Memorial Park, Robert Kelly's sculpture is a symbolic memorial to the slain civil rights leader. Carved from black granite, the 30-foot sculpture was inspired by Martin Luther King's "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech, made the day before he was assassinated in 1968. The monument is composed of three segments representing the Christian Trinity and also the union of mother, father, and child."(END OF EXCERPT)Read more about this memorial here: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://z.about.com/d/architecture/1/0/1/H/martinlutherkingmemorial-at.jpg&imgrefurl=http://architecture.about.com/od/greatbuildings/ig/Monuments-and-Memorials/Martin-Luther-King-Memorial-.htm&h=431&w=275&sz=35&tbnid=7Hd7Z_AlNhNQJM::&tbnh=126&tbnw=80&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpictures%2Bof%2Bmartin%2Bluther%2Bking%2Bmemorials&usg=__GEyx2p3kARblZnTBNR782GHLkr0=&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=2&ct=image&cd=1

Boston is still wondering what happened to their Martin Luther King memorial. The mayor of the city promised to erect a statue that would commemorate both Dr. Martin Luther King & his wife.So far,they haven't even formed a committee or raised the funds it would take to get the project moving.And a lot of folks are not pleased with the fact that no real effort has been made to make it an actuality.Here's more from The Boston Globe:

"With Martin Luther King III at his side, Mayor Thomas M. Menino stood before a packed Twelfth Baptist Church in Roxbury a year ago and proudly announced that "we will build a statue to Dr. King and Coretta right here in our city."Applause burst forth from the crowd of 350 people packed into the church. If built, it would be the first public statue to honor Martin Luther King Jr. in the city - a highly significant tribute given the slain civil right leader's legacy in Boston and the city's history of racial strife.

But nearly a year later, almost nothing has been done. No committee has been formed, no site has been identified, no artist has been selected, no design has been proposed.

City officials, citing tough economic times, say the mayor's plans for a statue honoring King and his wife, Coretta Scott King, have not been forgotten, but the city's priorities have shifted to programs and people hit hard by the crumbling economy.

The faltering economy's full effect on City Hall budgets became clear about four months ago, and before that, said Menino, the city was working on finding committee members to lead the effort.

"It's taken longer than we'd like to get this committee off the ground," Menino said yesterday. "But as we started getting the names together . . . the finances started drying up on us and some of the people we were talking to were saying it's not the appropriate time. My intention is to continue to seek ways to have an appropriate statue in Boston."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest of the article here:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/01/09/memorial_to_king_still_only_a_dream/