Terry Allen's sculpture "Corporate Head" (1990) is located near a 7th Street entrance to a Washington Mutual. According to PublicArtinLA, the bronze sculpture was a response to the deregulation of the Savings and Loan industry by the Reagan administration, a $500 billion bailout placed on American taxpayers. It adds that the sculpture, and poem by Philip Levine seen at the base of the statue, are empathetic to the everyday person who "is subjected to economic pressures in order to survive."
WaMu was seized by the FDIC. Banking assets to JPMorgan Chase & Co. for $1.9 billion.
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