The Statue of Liberty Is Gone

Dear Editor,
    The Statue of Liberty is gone.
    On the 2400 block of East Martin Luther King, there is a slightly eccentric but well-tended 1960s-modernist house. For as long as I've been in Austin the house has had a small memorial garden facing the street with an eight-foot-tall Statue of Liberty. Now the garden and statue are gone, and minor construction on the house is in progress.
    I have no idea who the statue's owner was or why he erected it. And I certainly don't know what he intended it to mean. But I know what it meant to me and I'll miss it. I thought its passing should be noted.