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At 555 feet, the World's Tallest Woman, planned for Houston, Texas
by Michels Bollinger, Inc.
Imagine the future... your first visit to Houston in the new century, lured here to view a brave new monument, the heroic "Spirit of Houston", a grand symbol of friendship. You have seen the Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower, and the great St. Louis Arch... famous icons all, now, as you glide into Space City on Loop 610, SHE comes boldly into view! The world's tallest woman... a chrome Sky Goddess, 555 feet tall, soaring above the HOUTX skyline, her arms raised in a future-friendly embrace.
In a quick series of tourist post cards, we see HER at home in Houston, eye-to-eye with erect downtown skyscrapers, watching over her freeways at rush hour, and dancing above the verdant glades of Memorial Park... She's ubiquitous, eyes scanning the horizon, head in the clouds, feet poised delicately on her Houston turf. She's confident, a woman of the future, independent and free... welcoming all to her dynamic city. As they say in art, architecture, and industrial design... "it's all about the curve". From cars and freeways to the female form, it was the concept of curvilinear beauty that inspired Doug Michels (an architect), Peter Bollinger (an industrial designer), and Cybele Rowe (a sculptor), to create their visionary silver icon for new century Houston.
Powerful cultural icons demand originality and true beauty to INSPIRE memory and meaning! As a symbol of the future, the Spirit of Houston is both "prescient" and traditional... a proud TEXAS ICON, steeling beauty in the bright moonlight above Houston.
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SPIRIT OF HOUSTON
monument designed by
Michels Bollinger, Inc.
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