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Post by Stonecarver on Mar 4, 2015 11:00:15 GMT -5
Last summer my gf and I were in Milwaukee and we bumped into the Fonz. Not THE Fonz but his likeness in bird shit covered bronze.
Let's travel a few hundred miles south to my home town of Peoria. For years we have been trying to get a Richard Pryor bronze statue. If you know comedy you know Pryor is one of the most influential comedians of all time. Our backwards city has failed to give him credit because of his "colorful" history. Yes I live amongst prudish asshats. Anyway last year it finally passed. We are getting a Pryor statue.
I'm curious if you have any interesting statues. Art and memorials are an interesting thing. What some people think may be deserving may not be for the next person.
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Post by Zeli on Mar 4, 2015 12:31:51 GMT -5
WEll thanks to GW2, I just learned about the Pike Place Market Pig in Seattle:
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Post by Aberrant on Mar 4, 2015 13:15:46 GMT -5
We are near Detroit, and people funded a Robocop statue. It's complete, but I don't think it's ever officially been put out on display.
The city wasn't super keen on it, and the people who made it are probably worried about it getting vandalized. Cause Detroit.
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Post by Stonecarver on Mar 4, 2015 14:33:35 GMT -5
RoboCop?! Ha! Wondering if you've seen Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown , the Detroit episode? I'm not even from the area and it really touched me.
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Post by Aberrant on Mar 4, 2015 17:50:03 GMT -5
I haven't, though I've heard about it. I really should watch it.
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Post by Kaarenyth on Mar 5, 2015 9:18:00 GMT -5
Do picutres of me / others defialing statues count as *interesting*?
Kaar defiling a statue
(Bonus points for first person to correctly call out the event & location)
Edit: screwed up URL/Image so had to link it to my live drive /shrug
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Post by Winin on Mar 5, 2015 9:36:37 GMT -5
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Post by Zeli on Mar 5, 2015 10:33:12 GMT -5
Aw! It's Kaar at CoTCon-Vegas!
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Post by Slurm on Mar 5, 2015 12:01:52 GMT -5
I hear he's a permanent fixture now.
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Post by tehden on Mar 5, 2015 12:18:58 GMT -5
Don't think these qualify as statues (more sculptures, really), but we have these in our beautiful Riverfront Park in downtown Spokane. They were created in recognition of our annual Bloomsday run.
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Post by Stonecarver on Mar 5, 2015 20:05:47 GMT -5
How the hell did I forget about our Uniroyal Gal? Classy huh?
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Post by Zeli on Mar 5, 2015 21:00:58 GMT -5
That reminds me... this is the Uniroyal tire in Allen Park, MI
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Post by Kaarenyth on Mar 6, 2015 11:41:22 GMT -5
Aw! It's Kaar at CoTCon-Vegas! Winner! And more bonus points for posting to somewhere that could link the image! (work blocks some sharing sites )
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Post by Kaarenyth on Mar 6, 2015 11:42:31 GMT -5
I hear he's a permanent fixture now. It makes keeping things there much easier....
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