A World Apart

 Posted by on May 19, 2015
May 192015
 

The Center of River Street, on the west side of the Hyatt tunnel
Savannah, Georgia

This World War II monument is also known as “The Cracked Earth” monument. The two halves of the globe are split, representing the conflict of a world divided. Inside are the names of all who served from Chatham county, Georgia.

A World Apart

A World Apart

The dream of the Chatham County Veterans Council, this memorial took ten years of fundraising to accomplish.

Architect, Eric Meyerhoff,  was approached by the City of Savannah to help design the memorial. “This was a World War, and I wanted that theme,” Meyerhoff said. “The world was divided. Pacific theater. European theater. And I came up with the world apart.”

DSC_3090Meyerhoff’s firm was instrumental in the revitalization of the riverfront.

A World Divided

 

The monument itself was created by Brandell Studios, headed by sculptor Kim Brandell. 
A world divided

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Cracked Earth

 

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