The world's greatest public monument is on the block and Montreal should move fast to make a winning bid.
Recent reports have noted that The Neutrality Arch in beautiful downtown Ashgabat, Turkmenistan will be removed. The great leader it celebrated, Niyazov died sorta mysteriously last year and was replaced by his appointed successor, the dentist Berdymukhamedov who may or may not be his secret son. The statue is made of gold and rotates so he's always facing the sun. It's a great tourist attraction. Pop the sucker right in the middle of the new Griffintown. What could be better?
We could simply switch the head for someone that all Montrealers revere. That boils it down to: Odie Cleghorn, Great Antonio, Laurie Graham, Chimples The Superintelligent Chimp or Eddy Lebrun of racecar driving fame.
This thing just has Drapeau written all over it with it's Eiffel/Calder references. Maybe we could just save it for the crowning glory of the Griffintown project by sticking it on top of Devimco's condos?
ReplyDeleteOops you already suggested that, nevermind!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely crown Griffintown with it, and rotate in the various heads of all those in City Hall who voted for Devimco. But put it low enough to be in range of rotten tomatoes.
ReplyDeleteCould we top it off with the Guaranteed Pure Milk Co. bottle?
ReplyDeleteMr. Peabody