Weird ginger structure on intersection of E. Commerce St. and S. Alamo St. within San Antonio?

I took a picture of this while doing a class project of urban landscapes, and I can't find out any infomation something like this. What is this?


Answers:   
its called the torch of friendship. the artist entitle is Sebastian.
heres a link to the interview.
Or it could be a Howard Johnson's restaurant/hotel. :)

http://www.hojo.com/HowardJohnson/contro...

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