"Giving the green light to city's Beacon of Hope"

The Oklahoman, November 3, 2005, Page 1

by Jim Killackey, Staff Writer


Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman

Oklahoma City's newest and most illuminating landmark came to life at
7 p.m. Wednesday when a 100-foot tall, monolithic sculpture beamed a powerful green light upward more than a mile into the night sky.

A switch flipped on the distinctive Beacon of Hope after more than 150 community leaders counted down from 10 then joyfully gazed at the monument to five founders of the Oklahoma Health Center northeast of downtown.

"This is a modern symbol that we're a modern city," local architect Rand Elliot said of the massive white cylinder designed to be a gateway to the 300-acre medical complex.

The beacon, Elliot said, symbolizes a "sense of energy" as it "lights the way to an ever-brighter future" for Oklahoma City. Elliott was the Beacon of Hope's lead designer.

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