The Spindle by KateBlack10
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This shot was taken the weekend before The Spindle was dismantled. Corey and I went to gush over and take some final beloved photos. Some history on it from Wikipedia-
The Spindle was a sculpture created in 1989 by artist Dustin Shuler. It consisted of a 50 foot spike with eight cars impaled on it. From 1989 until its demolition on May 2, 2008, it was located in the car park of Cermak Plaza shopping center in Berwyn, Illinois.
The impaled cars on the spindle, from top to bottom, were:
1967 Volkswagen Beetle, red
1976 BMW New Class, silver License Plate reads "DAVE"
1981 Ford Escort, blue
1974 or 1973 Mercury Capri, green
1978 Ford Mustang, white over blue
1981 Pontiac Grand Prix, maroon or burgundy
1980 or 1979 Ford LTD, light yellow
1981 or 1979 Mercury Grand Marquis, black
Thank you as always for your kind comments and hope you are enjoying your week! :)
Comments (25)
Vialliy
I've seen a whole lot of cars and alike sculptures but this is realy unique. As you explained: in the end costs of this will overrule everything. Pity. Nice thing is you have shot the original. Thanks.
flavia49
fantastic capture!
blinkings
Dave! I love it! I think my fave car though would be the beetle on top!
TallPockets
Mama Mia! That's a some SHISH-KA-BOB! WINK
Chipka
I'm kinda partial to the Mustang, but the VW Bug is on my favorites' list too...and I'm not even a car guy...go figure! What a shot too. It's too bad they tore this thing down, what's next, tearing down our replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa to make room for a parking lot? I love the angle on this, and the way those cars all look as if they've seen better days. What a shot! Hmmm...and speaking of shishkabobs, I'm hungry. Great work as always.
danapommet
This is such a cool capture and a great share. I see that the pigeons liked the Grand Prix best but I would have to pick the Mustang. Dana
0rest4wicked
Kabob anyone! :)
beachzz
The red bug does it for me, too; my first car was a red 61, and I had great times in it. What a great shot--and a shame they took it down.
Crabbycabby
Great shot. A real pity it's got to go.
bmac62
This must have not been sophisticated enough for the locals. Now you have me pinning away for the old batch of old sheet metal:)
auntietk
What a classic piece of Americana! Excellent capture. Thanks for sharing the old times with us! :)
jayfar
Super shot, have never seen anything like this before!!
tizjezzme
LOL wow, I will have to show my husband this. He will love it; and probably wanna go there and see this for himself! :)
Meisiekind
A car kebab... how neat! Hehehe... Fantastic find and image Kate!
anmes
Simply amazing construction!
sandra46
superb, outstanding image!
billcody
Thanks for this sharing, Kate! I had never heard about it. And a great piece of art in my opinion. It`s a shame that it was demolished!
Richardphotos
I recall it making local news.it it was not for the birds and time maybe it could still be there.outstanding shot
prutzworks
well spotted
tennesseecowgirl
LOL at Tall pockets I agree that its pretty unusual.
CoreyBlack
Yes, I remember that day well. As I recall it was extremely hot. After first becoming aware of this sculpture watching the movie "Wayne's World" in 1992, I wasn't prepared for how "weathered" the cars would look close up 15 years later. And how massive it would be. I remember feeling melancholy that in all that time, I had never actually visited the thing and it was only a few miles away. I guess I assumed it would always be there since it was famous and people came from all the world to see it. But, there's no accounting for the whims of stupid local politicians. As to the cars themselves, Wikipedia got it mostly right, as it frequently does, but the Pontiac Grand Prix is actually a 1980 model, not an '81. Yes, I know, nobody likes a know-it-all. I love this picture! It's a nice document of a piece of local recent history and a very compelling shot.
helanker
HA! A really Kebab sculpture :-))) What an original idea. Excellent capture :-)
durleybeachbum
WONDERFUL! What a shame they removed it!
pat40
very good
lick.a.witch
I had a VW bug! It took a while to get used to the engine noise coming from behind rather than in front! It is a real shame they removed this. Great mistake, I think. Smashing shot to keep as a memory though. ^=^