Two very clever architects indeed, have put a new meaning to the word re-cycling? Rather than demolish 1950s-era buildings and dump the debris in landfills, Tom Napier and Steve Cosper are working on a system to encourage the reuse and recycling of materials from the building structures.
They are saving the barbershop and the barber chair where private Elvis Presley sat while getting the Army haircut of his famous pompadour and sideburns at Fort Chaffee , Arkansas.
Who could forget the worldwide recorded hair-cut in history?
Napier may have something even better to commemorate the 20-year-old singer's stint at Fort Chaffee. He may be in possession of the King's throne, so to speak. Okay it’s only a wooden toilet seat from a latrine in an old barracks that was in use at the time Private Presley passed through. Nobody knows whether he actually sat on it, it does make for a great conversation piece of Elvis memorabilia.
Turning the 'Elvis' toilet seat into wall art certainly ties in with Napier (an architect) and Cosper (an environmental engineer) approach to their re-cycling endeavors at both Fort Chaffee and Fort Hood, Texas
One has to ask? How Elvis would have re-acted to the re-cycling of this particular rock n roll icon?
How much would an avid Elvis fan be willing to pay for this little collectible
gem?
Like all Elvis collectible, will this Elvis' 'toilet seat' wall art be the future fodder for museum exhibitions?
Elvis on Velvet
