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Lincoln Memorial Donation
05/07/08 MRC/CJ
The budget for the
Waterfront Park memorial honoring Abraham Lincoln,
designed by noted Louisville sculptor Ed Hamilton, has
received a $200,000 pledge from a Louisville family.
Meanwhile, work at the
site just downriver from the Big Four Bridge is well under
way, with a rescheduled dedication now set for June 4,
2009.
The 2006 General Assembly
authorized $2 million for the memorial, which is being
overseen by the Waterfront Development Corp.
To complete the project,
about $350,000 more is needed, according to David Karem,
executive director of the agency.
Marlene Grissom, a
waterfront fundraiser, said yesterday that the family of
the late businessman Harry Frazier has pledged $200,000 to
the memorial. Karem said requests for the rest of the
needed money are pending and that "the prospects are very
good" for raising all the funds.
Clinton Deckard, the
waterfront agency's project manager, said granite is the
main item that has driven the project cost beyond $2
million.
He said the granite
alone, which is being provided by a Minnesota company,
will cost about $950,000.
Other major items include
Hamilton's fee of $400,000, including payment for all his
materials. T&C Contracting Inc. of Louisville has started
work on paving and other site work, expected to cost about
$480,000.
Other costs include
lighting, landscaping and irrigation systems.
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