Word: athanson
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Dates: during 1977-1977
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...park. The arrangement is the creation of Minimalist Sculptor Carl Andre, who was commissioned at a cost of $87,000 by a local foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. But Hartford citizens could not be more angry if they had paid for it themselves. Snapped Mayor George Athanson: "You call that a sculpture? I could have done that." Residents condemned the boulders as "a public nuisance"; businessmen protested that they could become hiding places for muggers and targets for graffiti addicts. One citizen suggested the city return the rocks and consider his $99.95 offer for the junk...
...poor. Still, New Englanders do not have a sense that their problems cannot be solved, only that the answers have not yet been found. Said Mary Newman, regional director for the Department of Health, Education and Welfare: "People are not scared, just confused." Added Hartford, Conn., Mayor George Athanson: "People want the buck to stop with them. They want to have something to say for a change. All you gotta do is show them how to do it." New Englanders want Carter to supply this missing ingredient-which may be asking quite...
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