For more than 40 years, a six by six-foot cube has been the symbol of Essex in Baltimore County. Now, there are are plans to replace the Essex Cube.
And that has ignited a debate between those who say the piece of art is a part of daily life and should stay, and others who counter the cube no longer symbolizes what Essex is about.
“It’s ugly, isn’t it?” asked County Councilwoman Cathy Bevins. “It’s been around forever.”
Since 1979, to be exact. When it was new, Bevins remembers making the trip from her home in Colgate a couple of miles away just to see it.
“Some people thought it was cool, some people thought it was obnoxious.”
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