  Neilr Member Username: Neilr Post Number: 406 Registered: 06-2005 |
Today I noticed scaffolding being erected all around the Chauncey Hurlbut Memorial Gate at Waterworks Park. Does anybody know if this signals a major restoration of the monument? https://www.atdetroit.net/forum/mes sages/6790/64664.html?11407568 93 Scroll down for pictures posted by Hornwrecker and Psip. | ||
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13 Post Number: 1244 Registered: 10-2003 |
Yes, it will be restored. | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 129 Registered: 10-2006 |
Wait, the statue is coming back? | ||
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13 Post Number: 1246 Registered: 10-2003 |
I hear that the location of the Hurlbut bust (not a statue) is "known" and that it will be returned when the gate itself is restored. Money has finally been allocated for the project. | ||
Stecks77 Member Username: Stecks77 Post Number: 217 Registered: 08-2006 |
If the location is known, then why is it always refered to as stolen? Was it recovered a long time ago and does only the thief "know" of its location? | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 3247 Registered: 08-2004 |
It's a pity that the gate is, and probably will remain so inaccessible. It has a poor location. Maybe before they widened Jefferson it was better situated. I've always felt (as mentioned in the other thread) that it should be relocated to a better site. One that gives it a visually appealing approach and vista. Whizzing by on Jefferson getting a quick glimpse of the (much less fancy) back side of it does not make for a nicely situated monument. Especially one with such appealing Beaux Arts style. | ||
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13 Post Number: 1249 Registered: 10-2003 |
I don't know if the public will have access to the gate when it's restored. Probably not, though, considering that access to the gate could compromise the security at Water Works Park. | ||
Jasoncw Member Username: Jasoncw Post Number: 307 Registered: 07-2005 |
It's really cool it's being fixed up. I also think the idea of a water works park is cool too, it's too bad it's so utilitarian and unaccessable now. |
