Nonprofit MLK Boston has released the final five designs for a monument to civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. The finalists include a range of offices like Adjaye Associates, Maryann Thompson Architects and MASS Design Group, as well as artists like Yinka Shonibare, Barbara Chase-Riboud and Walter Hood. As reported by Curbed Boston, the city is working with MLK Boston to make the monument part of a larger initiative that includes an educational center in Roxbury and $1 million endowment for programming related to the Kings.
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Adjaye, MASS Design Group and Shonibare Among 5 Finalists for Boston's MLK Memorial
https://www.archdaily.com/902844/adjaye-mass-design-group-and-shonibare-among-5-finalists-for-bostons-mlk-memorialEric Baldwin