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- Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
- HAINS_970207_01.JPG: Hains Point; "Awakening"; Overall (top)
The statue at the end of Hains Point on the tip of East Potomac Park depicts "The Awakening".
From my favorite source--Laura Bergheim's "The Washington Historical Atlas"--
East Potomac Park was created when the Army Corps of Engineers dredged the Potomac in the 1880's. In the 1920's, the park was transformed into Hains Point, a popular tourist camp where travelers could park their cars and sleep over in rented tents (cost: $.50 a night) while visiting the local attractions. The camp included a miniature golf course, which is still in existence today, and a regular golf course. Today, the park's most famous feature is the startling aluminum statuary work, "The Awakening," created by Seward Johnson and installed here in 1980. The statue is divided into several parts, with the hands, knees, and face jutting up out the ground at different points, giving the illusion of a giant man bursting forth from the earth. In 1991, a car careened off the loop road and smashed into the giant's head. The head was hauled away for repairs in the fall of that year, leaving a decidedly decapitated appearance to the statue in the interim.
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The statue has five individual pieces; the giant's head, one arm stretching out, a hand, a foot, and a bended knee. The latter four are for each of the limbs of the giant and are arranged pretty much like the following:
[HEAD] [STRETCH] [HEAD] [HAND] [HEAD]
[KNEE] [KNEE]
[FOOT]
You can see most of the statue from this photo. The hand's missing but we'll see that shortly.
- HAINS_970207_02.JPG: Hains Point; "Awakening"; Body parts
We finally see the hand.
- HAINS_970207_03.JPG: Hains Point; "Awakening"; Foot study
Some kid studying the foot. Note that when I first took pictures here, there was a wooden fence around the statue so they could do some maintenance. That's what you see here. Now, it's woodchip city all over the place.
- HAINS_971006_01.JPG: Hains Point; "Awakening"; Body parts
More of the body.
- HAINS_971006_02.JPG: Hains Point; "Awakening"; Body parts
Closer view of the face with the outstretched arm in the background.
- HAINS_971006_03.JPG: Hains Point; "Awakening"; Head playground
Just in case you were confused about the size of this sucker, here's some unknown kid who was playing around the site when I took my pictures. There are drainage holes drilled in various parts of the head to keep the water from filling them up. The Potomac River is in the background.
- HAINS_971006_04.JPG: Hains Point; "Awakening"; Body parts
Another view of the outstretched hand and the head.
- HAINS_971006_05.JPG: Hains Point; "Awakening"; Body parts
A perspective shot.
- HAINS_971006_06.JPG: Hains Point; "Awakening"; Body parts
The pieces have complete detail. Look at the lines in the guy's fingernails.
- HAINS_971006_07.JPG: Hains Point; "Awakening"; Body parts
Another perspective shot. That's his foot in the background.
- HAINS_971006_08.JPG: Hains Point; "Awakening"; Overall (bottom)
You can see the whole statue from this perspective.
- HAINS_971006_09.JPG: Hains Point; "Awakening"; Body parts
Here's a view of that outstretched arm.
- Wikipedia Description: Hains Point
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hains Point is at the geographical location where the Anacostia River and the Potomac River converge in southwest Washington, D.C. Located at the southern tip of the East Potomac Park peninsula, it is located between the main branch of the Potomac River and the Washington Channel. It faces Fort Lesley McNair and the National War College, both of which are on the eastern shore of the Washington Channel, and Bolling Air Force Base, across the Anacostia River. To the west is Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Further northwest on the peninsula is the location of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial.
A sculpture called "The Awakening" used to be located here but was moved to the National Harbor on February 19, 2008. Hains Point contains a children's playground and the East Potomac Golf Club. East Potomac Park is lined with a concrete walking/bike path around its perimeter, and the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers often overflow their banks during high tide, covering the path with water.
The 3.2 mile (5.2 km) smooth, straight, and flat stretch of road around Hains Point (Buckeye Drive and Ohio Drive) is a favorite of the local bicycling and inline skating community. The loop goes clockwise and traffic is one way on Ohio Drive.
Hains Point is frequented by many local residents of the DC metropolitan area, particularly during the summer. Parking spaces can be found on Ohio Drive, which extends along the perimeter of the park. Hains Point can be accessed easily by persons with mobility problems.
Hains Point is named in memory of Peter Conover Hains, Major General, United States Army, who is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Hains was born in 1840 and died in 1921. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point.
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The Awakening (Johnson sculpture)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Awakening" is a 100-foot statue of a giant embedded in the earth, struggling to free himself. It was created by J. Seward Johnson, Jr. and installed at Hains Point (East Potomac Park), Washington, D.C. in 1980 for the International Sculpture Conference Exhibition. It proved so popular, however, that 27 years after the event it still remains, even though the National Park Service admits that the "temporary permit" has long since expired.
The statue consists of five separate pieces buried in the ground, giving the impression of a panicked giant trying to pull himself to the surface. The left hand and right foot barely protrude, while the bent left leg and knee jut into the air. The 17-foot right arm and hand climb above the observer while the bearded face, with the mouth in mid-scream, struggles to emerge from the surrounding earth.
The statue is located on the southern end of Hains Point just across the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. At times, the Potomac River floods the statue, adding to the eeriness as the giant tries to escape the drowning waters.
In 2007, it was announced that it would be moved to the National Harbor in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside the District of Columbia. The sculpture sold for $750,000.
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