Archive for August, 2008

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Chair Fails to Rock Property Buyers

Monday, August 25th, 2008

The rough real estate market appears to have dampened the prospects for the former World’s Largest Rocking Chair. Since 1990 the Chair has been a reason to visit Penrose, Colorado — even during the past two years, when the formerly sit-able rocker has been off-limits in a weedy patch behind a barbed wire fence.

The [...]

The Safe Highway Of Sexless Statues

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

Roadside statues of obviously male animals are often rendered as if nature didn’t expect them to reproduce. We had imagined that this was mere American modesty, but recent reports hints that other forces are at play. Perhaps rarity has something to do with it, but there’s evidently something about an oversized public package [...]

Artist Yearns for Giant Lincoln Head

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

Seventy-five-year-old artist Frank Gallo has a vision for Urbana, Illinois. He wants to build a 21-foot-tall bronze head of Abraham Lincoln, and set it on a plaza outside the Champaign County Courthouse. He even produced a Photoshop rendering of what the head would look like, which has probably done him more harm than [...]

Las Vegas Brings Back Its $1 Million

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

A million dollars doesn’t buy what it used to, but it’s still something that people want to see. That’s the thinking behind the revival of one of Las Vegas’s most beloved tourist attractions — a display of $1 million in cash that tourists can use as a photo prop.
The money was first assembled at [...]

Was Christus Gardens Scourged By A Souvenir?

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

We admit that legal mumbo-jumbo is not our favorite reading genre. But an article in The National Law Journal seems to suggest that the now-closed Christus Gardens may have been at least partly pushed into the afterlife by a souvenir in its gift shop.
The collectible in question was a miniature plastic version of what [...]

Bronze Fonz Says “Aaaay!” To Milwaukee

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

After three proposed locations and several production delays, a life-sized bronze statue of Arthur Fonzarelli, from the TV show “Happy Days,” was unveiled in the Brew City on August 19. Milwaukee was the fictional location for the 1970s take on the 1950s, and the “Fonz” was role model for a generation of retro cool rebels [...]

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