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The Texanist: What’s a Spinning Cube in New York Got to Do With the Alamo?

Q: Years ago, I worked near Manhattan’s Astor Place Plaza and regularly walked by a hulking square sculpture there. Eventually, I moved to Texas and forgot all about it—until I read a while back that the recently refurbished statue is called Alamo. Why, though? It doesn’t resemble the famous Texas shrine. Russell Gold, Austin A: Before the Texanist gets…

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