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Whole Foods Project Public Art Proposal: Man Walking Beagle

How much is 1.75% of a zillion dollars? A humble Patch cartoonist aims for the public art component of the Whole Foods project.

1.75% of the Whole Foods/Senior Housing Project is to be allocated for public art. Attached is my proposed design for Man Walking Beagle, standing approximately 40' tall including the base, and executed in gleaming white Carrara marble.

While the subject is indeed Daisy and me, self-aggrandizement is by no means my motive. Man Walking Beagle will stand as an Albany archetype and tribute to our spirit, perpetually and optimistically ready to cross San Pablo Avenue. Visitors will marvel at a Wonder of the Modern World as they are reminded to keep an eye out for pedestrians. Albany will enjoy a new-found sense of place with this monument, like the Berkeley Campanile or Paris' Eiffel Tower, while increased awareness of traffic safety will be an added bonus.

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