Rare PLACID Photo and Info

I occasionally scour the Web looking for any tidbits about KIPP's work. Today I stumbled upon this little gem about PLACID.

Adirondack Daily Enterprise
April 21, 1981

[PLACID with graffiti]
Village flushes away art?

Mill Pond sculpture may go down the drain

By E.J. CONZOLA II

LAKE PLACID — The controversial sculpture "Placid" will be moved to a temporary home which its critics might think appropriate - the village sewage treatment plant. 

Many neighbors have already complained that the sculpture stinks.

The village board last night approved moving the sculpture to the grounds of the sewage treatment plant for temporary storage until the directors of the Center for Music, Drama, and Art can decide what is to be finally done with it. CMDA has agreed to provide a permanent home for the piece, but has taken no action to move it to a final site.

Board member Gerald Cassidy proposed the move to the board, pointing out that it has been nearly six months since it was agreed that the sculpture would be moved from its present location in Mill Pond Park. No definate date for the move has been set.

Trustee George Christian Ortloff proposed that the sewage treatment plant be made the permanent home of the sculpture if CMDA does not take action soon to take possession of the piece. He noted that it is a policy of the village board to display art in public buildings and said that the sewage plant should also be given the same priviledge.

"I don't see why the sewage treatment plant should be deprived its fair share of art," Ortloff said.
The board agreed unanimously to have the piece moved for temporary storage, but did not act on Ortloff's
suggestion.

The sculpture, created by New York City artist Lyman Kipp, has been the center of controversy since it was erected prior to the 1980 Winter Olympics. Residents of the area around Mill Pond contended that the piece, which many claim
resembles the McDonald's Golden Arches, was not in keeping with the essentially rustic character of the neighborhood.

Since it was placed in the park, it has been the subject of criticism, heated debate, and numerous acts of vandalism. The brightly colored sculpture has been hung with critical signs, sprayed with black paint, and disparaged in conversations throughout the village.

Nice, enlightened folks up there in Lake Placid. I have repeatedly sent emails asking for any information about PLACID and get no response therefore assumed this piece was gone forever. To be fair, it has been 30 years...now I have an image which please me.