Sculptured San Diego: August 2008

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Breaking the Chains by McIvin Edwards

Breaking the Chains sculpture by McIvin Edwards. One large disc (about three stories tall, with large triangles and a huge chain that is Broken. This is a daylight view.

The Breaking the Chains sculpture from behind sheltering homeless person in read sleeping bag. This is a daylight view.

This is the Breaking the Chains sculpture from behind. It is a nigh time sculpture and is sheltering two homeless people and their shopping carts.

Breaking the Chains sculpture at night from the front sheltering two homeless persons and their shopping prams.

Plaque with the following text: Along the way of life, someone must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate, this can only be done by protecting the ethic of love to the center of our lives. Martin Luther King, Jr. Title: Breaking the Chains. Artist Melvin Edwards. 1995 copyright. Commisioned for Martin Luther King Promenade through the Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Diego and Centre City Development Corporation.

This large brushed steel sculpture by McIvin Edwards is located on Martin Luther King Jr. Promenade near the Convention Center and Children's Museum. It is directly opposite the Convention Center Trolley Stop on the Orange Line. It often provides shelter to the homeless. Children and drunks often climb the chain.

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