Bell Labs gave up its roof to patch the Statue of Liberty
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Bell Labs gave up its roof to patch the Statue of Liberty
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Re: Bell Labs gave up its roof to patch the Statue of Liberty
#2The statue was crowdfunded
From Wikipedia:
> Publisher Joseph Pulitzer, of the New York World, started a drive for donations to finish the project and attracted more than 120,000 contributors, most of whom gave less than a dollar (equivalent to $30 in 2021)
Re: Bell Labs gave up its roof to patch the Statue of Liberty
#3The statue was crowdfunded From Wikipedia: > Publisher Joseph Pulitzer, of the New York World, started a drive for donations to finish the project and attracted more than 120,000 contributors, most of whom gave less than a dollar (equivalent to $30 in 2021)
AIUI, the fundraising was for the pedestal, not the statue itself.
Re: Bell Labs gave up its roof to patch the Statue of Liberty
#4The statue was crowdfunded From Wikipedia: > Publisher Joseph Pulitzer, of the New York World, started a drive for donations to finish the project and attracted more than 120,000 contributors, most of whom gave less than a dollar (equivalent to $30 in 2021)
The statue itself was as well, just in France.
>Initially focused on the elites, the Union was successful in raising funds from across French society. Schoolchildren and ordinary citizens gave, as did 181 French municipalities.
Re: Bell Labs gave up its roof to patch the Statue of Liberty
#5The statue was crowdfunded From Wikipedia: > Publisher Joseph Pulitzer, of the New York World, started a drive for donations to finish the project and attracted more than 120,000 contributors, most of whom gave less than a dollar (equivalent to $30 in 2021)
The Pulitzer fundraiser wasn't for the statue but for the pedestal on which it was to be placed. The statue was a gift of the people of France. That being said, crowdfunding campaigns were also a part of the the fundraising for the statue (that is, in France), together with a wide mix of other sources: state money, cities, chambers of commerce, and several other groups, huge donations by companies, banquet events, operas and other spectacles, merchandising, lottery etc.
Re: Bell Labs gave up its roof to patch the Statue of Liberty
#6The statue was crowdfunded From Wikipedia: > Publisher Joseph Pulitzer, of the New York World, started a drive for donations to finish the project and attracted more than 120,000 contributors, most of whom gave less than a dollar (equivalent to $30 in 2021)
AIUI, the fundraising was for the pedestal, not the statue itself.
A classic scam. Free statue, just pay shipping and pedestaling.
Re: Bell Labs gave up its roof to patch the Statue of Liberty
#7I feel like it might look quite cool if it was patched with new copper (at least if it was done well). A bit like kintsugi pottery.
Re: Bell Labs gave up its roof to patch the Statue of Liberty
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
AIUI, the fundraising was for the pedestal, not the statue itself.
A classic scam. Free statue, just pay shipping and pedestaling.
Sometimes they don’t even send the monument and you’re just stuck with a random plinth.
Re: Bell Labs gave up its roof to patch the Statue of Liberty
#9I feel like it might look quite cool if it was patched with new copper (at least if it was done well). A bit like kintsugi pottery.
Often the kind of thing people hate for a while, and then with enough time becomes iconic and you'd probably end up with an article about how they were debating whether to preserve it or not as it aged.
I think about this a lot when it comes to "eyesores", particularly wind turbines. When you think of how windmills are considered picturesque, it always makes me a little surprised when people moan about modern wind generation, because I think they look great. Especially when most of the areas they are put up are crisscrossed with overhead power lines anyway, which are much less appealing.
Re: Bell Labs gave up its roof to patch the Statue of Liberty
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
A classic scam. Free statue, just pay shipping and pedestaling.
Sometimes they don’t even send the monument and you’re just stuck with a random plinth. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zócalo
TIL the etymological origin of "The Zócalo" in Babylon 5.