One major landmark in SoHo is "The Wall" created by Forrest Myers in 1973. This wall structure is hard to miss. However, it's history is more inspiring than the work itself. After a ten year battle, two federal court cases, public hearings and endless rallies, the Landmarks Commission and the SoHo alliance gave Myers' work a permanent home. The new owners of the building settled on four small advertisements underneath the work, rather than keep fighting for a huge one to cover it up. They might think they won, but the work outshines the pointless advertisements anyway!
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