Box 13, Folder 3, Document 93

Box 13, Folder 3, Document 93

Atlanta Civic Design Commission

SAMUEL INMAN COOPER, F.A,I.A., CHAIRMAN
JOSEPH S. PERRIN, VICE-CHAIRMAN
MRS. ALVIN M. FERST, SECRETARY

HARRY J. BALDWIN, A.S.L.A,
ORBIE BOSTICK, P. E,

W. Le. CALLOWAY

JAMES H. DODD

JOHN Cc. GOULD

JULIAN HARRIS, A.I.A.
GEORGE HEERY, A.lsAe

MRS. EDITH HENDERSON, A.S.L.A.
H. KING MCCAIN, P. E.

J. BEN MOORE

PAUL MULDAWER, A. 1.4.
JOHN PORTMAN, A.I.A.

Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr.
Mayor
City of Atlanta

My dear Ivan;

CITY HALL
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303

November 3, 1966

Some weeks ago (October 6) the Atlanta Civic Design Commission replied
to your correspondence concerning a projected memorial to Secretary

of State Dean Rusk.

Our reply expressed full concurrence with and approval of the basic
concept. It also stated that should the Commission later reach con-
clusions as to the type and location of such a memorial, it would so

inform you.

At its last meeting, on October 27,

resolutions:

RESOLVED

the Commission passed the following

"That the Atlanta Civic Design Commission recommends a memorial -
possibly a fountain and/or a piece of sculpture - be located in
Capitol Square Plaza, and that the designer of this square be
directed to do so in such a manner as to emphasize the Rusk

Memorial as its main feature,"

The Commission further recommends the changing of the name of the
relocated Lee Street School in the West End Urban Renewal Project to
the Dean Rusk School, as an additional recognition of this nationally

known Georgian.
Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr.
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November 3, 1966

A copy of this letter is being sent to the committee handling the
development of Capitol Square Plaza, in the hope that they will concur
in the recommendations of the Atlanta Civic Design Commission, and
will implement these suggestions accordingly,

Sincerely yours,

ATLANTA CIVIC DESIGN LL.

(leona OF

Sam'l Inman Cooper, F, eA
Chairman

SICsab

ccs; Capitol Square Plaza Committee
(w/encl.)