Unique Project
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“This is the only project of its kind in the United States,” said John Nicols, professor of history and classics. “We are building a functioning work of art that embodies scholarship of the arts and sciences.”
Nicols said the UO obelisk will be thirty-five feet tall, about half the size of the original, with a seamless bronze coating rather than hieroglyphic carvings. Over time, the bronze will develop the same verdigris patina as two other campus landmarks, the statues of The Pioneer and the Pioneer Mother.
