La Candelaria’s Rooftop Figures
Aliens? Visitors from a lost civilization? Victims of evil spells?
The sculptured human figures perched on La Candelaria roofs and balconies were created in the mid-1990s by a local artist with financing from City Hall. Each was modeled after a local resident, generally anonymous people such as shoeshine men, carpenters and one of the artist’s models. Originally, they numbered about two dozen, but many have been damaged by win, rain and sunlight. The artist is seeking financing for new sculptures.
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- Hanging out on the eve.
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- A sniper? On the southwest corner of the Plaza Bolivar
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- What is this topless woman up to?
