I. M. Wright at his pyramid at the Louvre
A Peter Rosen Productions image

While admittedly, publication of new Quincy Quarry stories have been light in recent days as Quarry personal are working on how to exposé the arguable cooking of the books with Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch’s FY 2026 budget, Quincy Quarry News architectural critic the renowned I. M. Wright yet again rose the occasion.

Wright figured it out during a drive shooting of the impending new City of Quincy public safety building after weeks of wondering where given that the Koch Maladministration has resolutely not done so.

Where else can the statues go? See the black circles!
A Quincy Quarry News exclusive image

Not my money. Not much of my money anyway.
An Easy Money Associates/Orion Pictures image

Especially after dimes were dropped as to Mayor Koch’s constitutionally proscribed plan’s to affix religious iconography on a public building, plans which have been funded via the also proscribed use of taxpayers’ tax payments.

While admittedly speculative, Wright’s expectation is a solid one was one can readily see there is no other readily obvious place to install the also banal statutes on the building.

Seriously banal statues.

In fact, woefully banal statues.

Wicked woeful.

Especially so at the asserted cost of $850,000 to create them.

Plus surely all manner of installation and various other such costs yet again imposed upon already had pressed local taxpayers.

Banal and trite art
Conjoined images of City of Quincy images

But what is likely north of a million all costs duly considered when the cost is footed by local taxpayers who never know the statues were commissioned until way too late?

Much less were locals asked for their thoughts about so-called art better fitted for display at the world infamous Museum of Bad Art.

Then again, koched-up banalities and worst are only to be expected during the profligate reign of the Koch Maladministration.

If no also only to be expected …