Development Company to Propose Hippie Monument
Thanks to a tipster for forwarding us an invite to a seemingly bizarre press conference to be held this Friday by Jeffrey S. Abramson, part of the Abramson clan who runs The Tower Companies, a relatively major local developer that was responsible for such projects as Washington Square at Farragut North and the Millennium Building at 19th and K. Abramson, it seems, would like to build a new monument. A monument to "Invincibility." From the release:
An award-winning, 60-year-old commercial development firm in Washington, D.C., will present design plans this week for a grand “Tower of Invincibility” to be built in the nation’s capital as a permanent monument celebrating freedom, sovereignty, and peace in America.
Mr. Abramson will hold a news conference to present the plans on Friday, October 5, at 11 a.m. (ET) at the Hay-Adams Hotel, 16th and H streets, NW, in Washington. The event will be webcast live at www.TowerofInvincibilityDC.org.
Mr. Abramson said the people will decide where the Tower of Invincibility will be built. “Everyone is invited to visit the website www.TowerofInvincibilityDC.org. and submit three possible locations in Washington for the Tower of Invincibility in the order of their preference. Invincibility is the domain of every citizen and therefore everyone should have input on where this great testament to national invincibility will be built,” Mr. Abramson said.
Um, what?
The image above is taken directly from TowerofInvincibilityDC.org, and some quick googling reveals that the very same image appears on the web site of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Global Country of World Peace organization. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is the founder of Transcendental Meditation, and became a counter-culture icon in the 1960s and 70s, appearing once on the cover of Time magazine and earning celebrity disciples such as The Beatles, The Beach Boys and film director David Lynch. There is a World Peace Palace branch of the organization in Bethesda, Md.
Abramson has been featured in a number of articles that talk about his adherence to Transcendental Meditation and the teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and the Tower Companies' projects incorporate principles of Vedic design, which is similar to Feng Shui but rooted in teachings from ancient Hindu Vedas.
What do you think is the likelihood of Abramson being successful in his quest to get the Tower of Invincibility built here in our nation's capital?