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The Council Towers Brick Relief Sculpture is Back

January 20, 2012 Featured, Midtown, Popular Culture 7 Comments

Last July I posted about the brick relief sculpture being removed from the Council Towers building in midtown (Brick Relief Sculpture Nearly Removed from Council Towers). Here was the scene in July:

ABOVE: Just one small section remains on the east face of Council Towers, July 2011

The developer has kept his word and rebuilt the artwork.

ABOVE: Brick sculpture is nearly finished, January 2012

The sculpture was designed by artists Saunders Schultz and William Severson.

- Steve Patterson

http://puppyoutofbreath.blogspot.com/ Doug Schneider

Great News!
brickhugger

I worked on getting that brick replaced 18 years ago, to no avail, so kudos to the current developer for getting te job done.
Terrydnl

Well I was one of the lucky ones that had the chance to relay the brick on this job. The real trick was on the design, it was something that is not done on that large of a scale. This job was one of those jobs that I will most likely never do on this large of a scale again
http://twitter.com/ward24stl Scott Ogilvie

That relief is really beautiful and the scale is appropriate for the view from the highway. Glad its back – another totally unique element in the St. Louis built environment.
aron

That’s surprising. I’m shocked a landlord would actually spend the money to do this. Was a tax credit involved? I used to think it was kind of Star Trek looking.
Rick

Like so many pieces of famous sculpture, this one has a religious message.
Chris

Yes, they got tax credits for the entire complex.