You Tube Video"This is a new, huge umbrella sculpture in downtown Dallas next to The Lorenzo Hotel that was partially inspired by Claes Oldenburg's giant clothespin in Philadelphia. It goes with the giant bowler hat that is just over on Griffin Street a block away.
Developer Larry Hamilton and Designer Stanley Ray Abbott's idea was to give people a sense of arrival that are coming from downtown into the Cedars. Now Cedars has become part of downtown. It has its own distinctive, art-centric character and The Lorenzo Hotel is art-centric.
There's a label on the 4 story high umbrella that says Neiman Marcus."