Lou Costello Statue
Patterson, New Jersey
One of Jersey's many cultural statesman is honored by his hometown, Paterson, NJ.
Titled "Lou's On First," a life-size bronze of comedy genius Lou Costello carries a bat and wears his trademark derby, now splattered with bird shit. It shares a little grassy square along with a gazebo and a couple of horseshoe pits.
We think that Paterson has the right idea. Now maybe Asbury Park will erect their own statue of Bud Abbott, Newark will erect one of Jerry Lewis, Nutley of Robert Blake, Tenafly of Leslie Gore, Bayonne of Brian Keith, Passaic of Michael J. Pollard, Englewood of John Travolta, Teaneck of Ricky Nelson, and Jersey City of Flip Wilson? Get to work, NJ!
Lou Costello Statue
- Address:
- Cianci Street, Patterson, NJ [Show Map]
- Directions:
- Costello Park, at Cianci and Ellison Sts., only a couple of blocks from the Great Falls.
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- Fountains of Wayne, Wayne, NJ - 4 mi.
- Gravity-Defying Exit Ramp, Franklin Lakes, NJ - 6 mi.
- Piece of Grover Cleveland's Wedding Cake, Caldwell, NJ - 8 mi.
- In the region: Museum to the Italian who Italians believe Invented the Telephone, Staten Island, NY - 22 mi.
