"CHAIN REACTION" TO BE VOTED ON AT SANTA MONICA LANDMARKS COMMISSION PUBLIC MEETING JULY 9 AT S.M. CITY HALL

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From: Jerry Rubin <jerrypeaceactivistrubin@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 10:08 PM
Subject: "CHAIN REACTION" TO BE VOTED ON AT SANTA MONICA LANDMARKS COMMISSION PUBLIC MEETING JULY 9 AT S.M. CITY HALL
To: iamemen@gmail.com

VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR ALL
"CHAIN REACTION" SUPPORTERS:

PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO OTHERS!

Santa Monica Landmarks Commission Meeting
Monday, July 9, 2012
7:00PM
Santa Monica City Hall
1685 Main Street, Santa Monica 90401

Following the Landmarks Commission unanimous
vote at their May 14 meeting to nominate Paul Conrad's
"Chain Reaction" sculpture for Santa Monica City
landmark status, and upon completion of the City's
standard 60-day formal review process, the 7 commission
members will vote at their July 9 meeting. Four votes
are needed for passage.

Landmark Designation Criteria
A property is eligible for designation if it meets one or more
of the following criteria:
* exemplifies elements of the city's cultural, social, economic
or political history.
* manifests aesthetic, artistic or other noteworthy interest or value.
* is identified with historic personages or important events in local,
state or national history.
* embodies distinguishing architectural characteristics valuable
for study.
* is the work of a notable builder, designer or architect.
* occupies a unique location or is a familiar visual feature of a
neighborhood.

We urge supporters to attend the meeting AND email messages
supportive of "Chain Reaction" being designated a landmark.
(one e-mail can be sent to all 7 members of the Santa Monica
Landmarks Commission c/o their city staff representative
Scott Albright. Email to:  scott.albright@smgov.net  )

The City offers free validated parking for those who would
like to speak at, or just attend, the public meeting.
Parking is in the large City parking structure just north of
City Hall. Get a validation stub and then insert it in the
parking validation box in the hall area just outside the
2nd floor City Council Chambers, where the Commission
meeting will take place.

"Chain Reaction" was designed and built by the late 3-time
Pulitzer Prize winning political cartoonist Paul Conrad. The
26-foot-tall nuclear mushroom cloud chain link sculpture
was gifted to Santa Monica through an anonymous $250,000
donation, and , since 1991, has been standing in the Santa Monica
Civic Center. The iconic public art peace monument bears
Conrad's timely message inscribed at it's base:
"This is a statement of peace. May it never become an epitaph."

The Conrad family and community are currently trying to raise
timely funds to help restore and strengthen the sculpture.
For further information or to donate, visit:
Conrad family website:  www.ConradProjects.com
Facebook:  facebook.com/SaveTheChainReaction
Or call: 310-399-1000 ( S.O.S. Save Our Sculpture )

Paul Conrad was born June, 27, 1924 and passed away
on September 4, 2010 of natural causes at his home in
Rancho Palos Verdes with his family by his side.

THANK YOU!  LET'S ALL DOUBLE OUR EFFORTS NOW
TO SAVE "CHAIN REACTION".

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