Masonry Magazine June 1985 Page. 33
New York Masonry Institute Supports
Statue of Liberty Restoration Drive
The Masonry Institute of New York City & Long Island has announced its financial and promotional support to the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc., currently engaged in seeking to raise $230 million to restore both landmark structures.
Institute executive director Donald A. Staab said that the Institute, representing the unionized masonry industry of New York City and Long Island, has given its whole-hearted support to the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial Commission, chaired by Lee Iacocca. In addition to a monetary contribution, the Institute, in a separate promotional campaign, is encouraging all facets of the construction industry in the greater New York area to give their financial support.
The structural masonry support for the Statue was designed by Gustave Eiffel, the engineer who later designed the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The Statue itself was designed by Fredric Auguste Bartholdi, a French sculptor. It was completed and presented to the United States in Paris in 1884 as a gift of the French people, and was dismantled and shipped to America. Americans, meanwhile, built the masonry base for the Statue. Finally, on October 28, 1886, President Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue at a gala celebration in New York Harbor.
Financial contributions should be addressed to: Lee Iacocca, Chairman, Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box Liberty, New York, NY 10117.
Fletcher-Thompson, Inc. Receives
New England Architectural Award
Fletcher-Thompson, Inc., Bridgeport, Conn., is the 1984 recipient of the New England Concrete Masonry Association's Architectural Recognition Award for its design of the Donald S. Gilmore Laboratories in North Haven, Conn. Shown presenting the award plaque to representatives of the architectural firm is Richard Allen (far right), president of the New England Concrete Masonry Association. Concrete block for the Gilmore project was supplied by Plasticrete Block & Supply, North Haven. The mason contractor and C & M Mason Contractors, Hartford, Conn.
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