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The site has been secured with fencing erected and security and police present to prevent unauthorised access.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Goodrich, Firestone, General Tire and Goodyear erected giant factories and mansions around town.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

The only object that could better symbolize his time in office is the gold toilet erected as an art installation in D.C. by a mysterious collective called the Secret Handshake.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt erected millions of square feet of unsightly buildings on the National Mall to house an expanded federal bureaucracy during the world wars.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

In 1654 Walter Charleton called for ‘a Colossus of Gold’ to be erected in Galileo’s honour.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton