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Melting ice-sculpture captures Wall Street crisis

By: Agencies    

Cold truth: The sculpture named 'Main Street Meltdown' is 5 feet tall and 15 feet wide

On Wednesday, two artists installed a 1,500-lbs (680-kg) ice sculpture carved to spell the word Economy in Manhattan's financial district.

The 'Main Street Meltdown' will remain in Foley Square until it melts-after about 24 hours. "To see the word economy melting down is representational of an extreme time," said artists Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese. The sculpture, which is 5 feet tall and 15 feet wide was installed on the 79th anniversary of the day in 1929 when the stock market crashed, precipitating the Great Depression.
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