Spindle (automobile sculpture) (Berwyn, Illinois)

USA / Illinois / North Riverside / Berwyn, Illinois
 sculpture, interesting place, historical layer / disappeared object
Spindle was a sculpture created by artist Dustin Shuler in 1989 that consists of a 40 foot spike with eight cars impaled on it. It is located in the parking lot of Cermak Plaza shopping center in Berwyn, Illinois and was commissioned by the then-shopping center owner David Bermant, who also donated his BMW car to be placed second from the top of the sculpture. The foundation of the sculpture reaches nearly 30 feet into the ground.

The Sculpture was demoilsed to be replaced with a New Walgreens store in 2008.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spindle_(sculpture)
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Coordinates:   41°50'59"N   87°48'5"W

Comments

  • It has been torn down now, all gone.
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