Vote on the symbol of the Baltimore region

And weigh in on the proposed Westport sculpture (pictured above):

Commenters pulled no punches:

"We need thoughtful art more than a chopstick explosion," said Wonk reader brent.

"As blunt and simple as He/She may be, at least it's somewhat welcoming," wrote B, referring to the much maligned "Male/Female" sculpture at Baltimore's Penn Station. "This 'chopstick explosion" (I LOVE that) looks like it's going to stab or grab and eat anyone who gets too close."

Allen says "it kind of looks like a statue you would put on top of a nuclear waste repository to invoke danger."

Jamie Hunt shared a quote: "We shall see, stretching over the entire city, still thrilling with the genius of so many centuries, we shall see stretching out like a black blot the odious shadow of the odious column built up of riveted iron plates."

But that's not about the Westport sculpture. "That's from a letter written about the Eiffel Tower, which opened in 1889," Hunt wrote. "It's heartening to know my fellow Baltimoreans are as surly and critical as Parisians."