Ken from New Jersey

New Jersey

Golden Boy

In 1916, an exuberant AT&T endowed lower Manhattan with a larger than life nude golden male fully endowed statue to be called the Spirit of Communications. Instead he became known as Golden Boy for his gilded exterior and presided over downtown New York from the top of AT&T’s handsome headquarters at 195 Broadway for over three quarters of a century. There seem to have been no complaints from New Yorkers about his quite magnificent parts and the evident authority of the sculptress, Evelyn Beatrice Longman. This changed in 1984 when he was removed to the lobby of ATT’s new Headquarters at 550 Madison Avenue. To demonstrate its sensitivity the top AT&T management had the male member removed. Since then, Golden Boy has been parked in several sites in beautiful industrial New Jersey and most recently has been taken by its new owner, SBC Communications to beautiful downtown Dallas.
Leading female authorities on everything (I have Madonna, Gail Collins and Maureen Dowd in mind) should be invited to submit a one page, at the most, explanation of why they are qualified to supervise the delicate task of restoring a twenty five foot high gilded gelded male and re-installing him at some suitable spot in our great city. A respected Japanese geisha could be invited to enhance our team of female experts.
See in his glory days:
http://goo.gl/3EYMo