John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial (Dallas, Texas)

USA / Texas / Dallas / Dallas, Texas
 memorial, monument
The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial is a monument to U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy in the West End Historic District of downtown Dallas, Texas. The monument was erected in 1970 and is designed by noted architect Philip Johnson.

The memorial is a square, roofless room, 30 feet high and 50 by 50 feet wide with two narrow openings facing north and south. The walls consist of 72 white precast concrete columns, most of which seem to float with no visible support two feet above the early. Eight columns extend to the ground, acting as legs that seem to hold up the monument. Each column ends in a light fixture. At night, the lights create the illusion that the structure is supported by the light itself. The corners and “doors” of this roofless room are decorated with rows of concrete circles, or medallions, each identical and perfectly aligned. These decorations introduce the circular shape into the square architecture of the Kennedy Memorial.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JFK_Memorial
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Coordinates:   32°46'43"N   96°48'23"W

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  • Awful looking thing
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