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''Alamo'', also known as the ''Astor Place Cube'' or simply ''The Cube'', is an outdoor sculpture by Bernard (Tony) Rosenthal, located on Astor Place, in the East Village, Manhattan, New York City. It takes the form of a black cube, long on each side, mounted on a corner. The cube is made of Cor-Ten steel and weighs about . The faces of the cube are not flat but have various indentations, protrusions, and ledges. The sculpture's name, ''Alamo'', is designated on a small plaque on one corner of the base and was selected by the artist's wife because its scale and mass reminded her of the Alamo Mission. ==History== Installed in 1967 as part of the "Sculpture and the Environment" organized by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cube was one of 25 temporary art installations that were intended to remain for a six-month period, however local residents successfully petitioned the city to keep the Alamo. It has since become a popular meeting place in the East Village.〔〔 It stands in the middle of an intersection, across the street from two entrances to the Astor Place station of the New York City Subway's , as well as the Cooper Union Foundation Building. ''Alamo'' is one of five similar cubes created by Rosenthal.〔("Tony Rosenthal Cube Sculptures" ) on the Tony Rosenthal website〕 The identical ''Endover'' stands on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where Rosenthal earned a bachelor of fine arts degree. The cube was donated by the class of 1965 and was installed in 1968. The "Endover" cube also rotates but its pivot is sunken into the ground, as opposed to the pivot of the ''Alamo'', which is on a separate platform.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Cube "Endover" )〕 On March 10, 2005, the Parks Department removed the Cube for maintenance. The original artist and crew replaced a missing bolt, and made a few other minor repairs. A makeshift replica of polyvinyl chloride tubes named the ''Jello Cube'' in honor of Peter Cooper was placed in its stead. In November 2005, the Cube returned with a fresh coat of black paint, still able to spin.〔 In October 2015, the cube was again removed as "an interim measure until the sculpture is removed off-site for restoration and repainting and out of harm's way while the area around it undergoes reconstruction." 〔http://gothamist.com/2014/11/25/bye_for_now_astor_cube.php〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alamo (sculpture)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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