The Free Speech Monument

99 % invisible was produced by me, roman mars, with support from lunar. It's a project of k a l w 91, point seven in san francisco, the american institute of architect san francisco and the centre for architecture and design. The goal was to completely liberate thi six inch circle of soil at the centre from any jurisdiction. After several attempts, he made it only to the city jurisdictional level before getting thwarted. And now, 20 years after it was installed, i'm standing in a noisy sprau plaza with mark brest van kempan an. We run our hands through the column of air, and even though the jurisdiction free zone was never