Crypto businessman plans huge Prometheus statue on Alcatraz
A cryptocurrency investor from Denver wants to build a 450-foot statue of Prometheus on Alcatraz Island.
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Ross Calvin, who works with cryptocurrency, wants to build a very large statue on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco. The statue will be 450 feet tall and cost about 450 million dollars. It will show Prometheus, a character from Greek stories who gave fire to people.
Calvin thinks the statue will celebrate technology and American success. He needs government permission because Alcatraz is now a national park. The island was a famous prison in the past where dangerous criminals lived.
Calvin started his idea when he was a child and saw the island from a boat.
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