Not Hitler's Globe

At least I don't think so. This one's at the playground at the Parade Grounds, which was recently redone. I wonder if this will reinforce lagging geography aptitudes.

Water spills out of a reservoir on the top, where the North Pole would be, just as may happen as the ice cap melts. It's a little disturbing to see.

Nevertheless it's nice to watch little hands exploring the globe's verde gris surface, creating new watershed patterns. There's a stream of water that shoots at the globe from a fount embedded in the nearby concrete wall, it hits full force just east of the Brazilian Highlands. I wonder how long before it creates a valley there. I'm not sure water can erode bronze.

There is no bullet hole.

But in another earth dedicated fabrication, Fritz Koenig's The Sphere, there are punctures made by airplane parts and falling debris, perforations made when the World Trade Center was under siege. It now lives in Battery Park where it is a memorial to 9-11 and a home to nesting birds. I read that its base incorporates the Atlas theme.

Hang in there, Atlas.