Statues

Angel Statues - Divine Protectors?

Friday, October 24th, 2008

We’re hearing more about Angels recently, perhaps as a hint that we’re ready for some heavenly intervention. “Christmas Box Angel” statues are popping up all over, a kind of somber variant of the Cancer Survivor Gauntlet franchise that was all the rage a few years back.
And a new human antibody as protective angel sculpture really [...]

Titans Threaten Greatest Liberty

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

You may not realize that the Statue of Liberty is the tallest statue in North America: 151 feet from sandal-bottom to torch-tip. Other people, however, are keenly aware of that measurement. They intend to top it.
Last year David Adickes was in the news, with his dream of building a 280-foot-tall cowboy. This [...]

Colossal Kissers Back in Sarasota

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Those who follow the sometimes-elusive Muffler Men know that roadside giants sometimes shift locations. But 26-foot-tall statues are rarely as mobile as “Unconditional Surrender,” an over-sized depiction of a sailor embracing a nurse at the end of World War II. The public spooners were in Sarasota, Florida, in 2005, then moved 3,000 miles [...]

Lord Dooley Mascot Statue No Boner

Sunday, October 19th, 2008

It’s always encouraging to see college students get their act together and permanently enshrine their oddball mascots, whether they be a bronze turtle or a lumberjack Muffler Man.
But Lord Dooley, at Atlanta’s Emory University, is not your typical mascot — and neither is a statue depicting him.
Dooley, “the Lord of Misrule,” is a skeleton that [...]

VW Bug Welcome in Sparks, NV

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

One month ago the VW Beetle Bug, which has been a fixture in Reno, Nevada, for 29 years, was in danger of being squashed — metaphorically. The new owner of the building on which it stood did not want it, and there was fear that the sculpture might end up dissected and abandoned — [...]

Giant Telephone To Honor Town’s Tenacity

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Civic-minded municipalities love to call attention to their role in technological innovation. Wabash, Indiana, is the First Electrically Lighted City. Bellefontaine, Ohio, has America’s oldest concrete street. Chillicothe, Missouri, is the birthplace of mechanically-sliced bread.
The people of Bryant Pond, Maine, feel proud, too — but for an entirely different reason. They [...]

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