{"id":5108,"date":"2019-08-14T13:33:28","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T20:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanpedrotoday.com\/?p=5108"},"modified":"2019-08-20T20:49:13","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T03:49:13","slug":"plans-for-charles-bukowski-statue-set-for-downtown-san-pedro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanpedrotoday.com\/2019\/08\/14\/plans-for-charles-bukowski-statue-set-for-downtown-san-pedro\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans for Charles Bukowski Statue set for Downtown San Pedro"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charles Bukowski is coming home.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Thursday, August 15, plans were announced to create a bronze statue in Downtown San Pedro to memorialize the beloved late writer, poet, and artist who called San Pedro home from 1978 until his death from leukemia on March 9, 1994.<\/p>\n

The San Pedro Heritage Museum, which is spearheading the project, has launched a GoFundMe campaign called Bukowski in Bronze and aims to raise $150,000 to erect the statue by the late writer\u2019s 100th birthday on August 16, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cFans of Bukowski travel to San Pedro from all around the world looking for a way to feel close to a man whose words touched them so deeply,\u201d said Angela Romero, president and founder of the San Pedro Heritage Museum. \u201cThey\u2019re looking to experience even a small part of the town he chose as his final home. Right now, all we have for them is his gravesite.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Preliminary sketches of the Charles Bukowski bronze statue by renowned sculptor Eugene Daub. (photo: San Pedro Heritage Museum)<\/p><\/div>\n

The San Pedro Heritage Museum has enlisted world-renowned sculptor and San Pedro resident Eugene Daub to work on monument renderings. Daub is known for works including his 2013 statue of civil rights icon Rosa Parks in the National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C. The final statue design will be a collaboration between Daub and Bukowski\u2019s widow, Linda Lee Bukowski, who has given the museum her blessing for the project.<\/p>\n

The idea to create something to honor Bukowski in San Pedro had been considered many times throughout the years, but nothing ever came to fruition. Bukowski is considered one of the most prolific poets, short story writers, and novelists of the 20th century. He wrote his most powerful and reflective works while living in San Pedro, including\u00a0Ham on Rye<\/em>, arguably his most personal writing.<\/p>\n

Romero felt compelled to put this project in motion befitting the literary great when she noticed Bukowski fans had nowhere to honor his legacy in the place he made his final home other than his gravesite at Green Hills Memorial Park.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Bukowski monument would become an instant landmark,\u201d said Romero. \u201cNot only would it honor the life he lived in San Pedro, but it would also give fans a central place to gather and connect with him for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

The campaign has the enthusiastic support of Los Angeles Councilman Joe Buscaino, the San Pedro Chamber of Commerce, the San Pedro Business Improvement District, the San Pedro Waterfront Arts District, Grand Vision Foundation and Angels Gate Cultural Center, with key representatives serving on the museum\u2019s Bukowski Monument Committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cBuilding a Bukowski monument is long overdue,\u201d said L.A. City Councilmember Joe Buscaino. \u201cThere is a lot of momentum in Downtown San Pedro, and there has never been a better opportunity to make the Bukowski monument a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

The San Pedro Heritage Museum is celebrating the crowdfunding launch and Bukowski\u2019s 99th birthday with cake and a reading of the author\u2019s poetry at Sacred Grounds (468 W. 6th Street) on Friday, August 16 at 7 p.m. To donate to the project, please visit www.GoFundMe.com\/Bukowski<\/a>. spt<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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