Five Points Monument

Five Points Monument
	Five Points Monument (2020)
Location	Five Points, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Designer	George Beasley
Material	Bronze; Steel
Height	36 feet (11 m)
Dedicated date	1996

The Five Points Monument is a large public monument in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Located in the Five Points district, the monument was designed by George Beasley and installed in 1996.

History[]

The monument was created during the leadup to the Centennial Olympic Games, hosted by Atlanta in 1996.^[1] George Beasley, who served as the coordinator for the sculpture program at Georgia State University,^[2] designed the monument, which is made primarily of bronze and steel.^[1] The monument was created at the studio at Georgia State and then moved to its current location via two flatbed trucks. According to Beasley, the monument experienced a rushed production in order to be in place in time for the 1996 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, with the monument installed one week before the event. The monument lies on a pedestrian island at the intersection of five streets, which gives the district of Five Points its name. These streets are Decatur, Edgewood, Marietta, Peachtree, and Whitehall Streets.^[1] The site once was home to a water tower,^[3] with Beasley saying that the sculpture is intended to represent that water tower "deconstructed and rearranged."^[1] Panels attached to the sculpture describe the history of the site,^[3] which is located adjacent to another sculpture, Atlanta from the Ashes (The Phoenix), located in nearby Woodruff Park.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Johnston, Andy (October 10, 2016). "Sculpture a tribute to Five Points". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Cox Enterprises. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
^ Foley, Kayla (October 15, 2015). "George Beasley (b. 1943)". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Best Bizarre Statues Or Public Art In Atlanta". WGCL-TV. October 1, 2012. Retrieved October 13, 2020.