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PAP will follow US Govts to become so bankrupted

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When it come to PAP's turn their OLD MAN PROJECT will be about LKY of course, who else? :confused::rolleyes::p:D

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091229/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_old_man_economy


NH's 'Old Man' memorial plans fall on hard times
AP

By KATHY McCORMACK, Associated Press Writer Kathy Mccormack, Associated Press Writer – Tue Dec 29, 9:22 am ET

CONCORD, N.H. – A planned memorial to New Hampshire's state symbol, the Old Man of the Mountain, has fallen on hard times — much as the profile rocks of the Old Man fell off his mountain cliff in Franconia Notch State Park and crumbled to bits in May 2003.

The famed rock outcropping, which appeared to be the profile of a man, hung 1,200 feet above Profile Lake before it disintegrated. The profile has been memorialized on New Hampshire driver's licenses and on the state's commemorative quarter.

A three-part, $5 million memorial was to have been completed in 2010, but only about $650,000 has been raised in donations and pledges and ground hasn't been broken yet. Dick Hamilton, a board member of the group in charge of the project, said donations "dried up because of the economy."

The Old Man memorial design calls for five granite monoliths to be placed in such a way that when they are viewed in sequence from a raised platform, they appear to merge into one form evoking the outline of the rock profile.

Designed by sculptor Shelly Bradbury and designer Ron Magers of Essex, Mass., the stones represent the five major slabs of granite that formed the Old Man. The largest one, about 20 feet in height and weighing nearly 120 tons, would be the largest ever cut in a North American quarry.

The Old Man of the Mountain Legacy Fund, which is directing the project, recently changed its name to the Friends of the Old Man of the Mountain/Franconia Notch, to reflect a proposed partnership with the state parks system. For now, the group wants to change a perception that the park's other attractions have diminished because the Old Man is gone. Those include the Flume Gorge nature walk, the Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway, rock climbing and fly fishing.

"Franconia Notch State Park is one of the 'jewels in the crown' of the parks system," said Brian Fowler, a geologist and group chairman. He said the group wants to remake the project's Web site to emphasize the park's attractions through all the seasons — everything from extreme skiing to family picnics, he said.

Besides the stone monoliths, a gateway consisting of stones held in place by cables and turnbuckles will be constructed to honor the Old Man's caretakers, who used such equipment for decades to secure its uppermost rocks.

The third element of the memorial will be a new park at the water's edge featuring steel cannon-like "profilers" that will allow viewers to line up the sculptures' irregular edges and "see" the outline of the Old Man on the cliff where it once appeared.

The group also envisions expanding a small museum at the tramway building to include more information and artwork on the Old Man, as well as on the area's geology and natural history.
 
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