Statues

Circus Memories in a Giant’s Boot

Monday, October 4th, 2010

For over 40 years, a rotting rubber boot was the unofficial civic symbol of Gibsonton, Florida.

Big Lincoln, Courtesy of Mr. Social Security

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

If you’ve driven anywhere in eastern Kentucky, you’ve seen billboards with the grinning face of Eric C. Conn, “Mr. Social Security.” Conn, by his own reckoning, is one of the top Social Security disability lawyers in the country. He commissioned a self-promotional music video to convince the Obama administration to appoint him to its Social [...]

Tacoma’s Welcome Woman: Native Giantess

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

Historically, relations between native peoples and the city of Tacoma, Washington, have been downright unpacific at times. That’s apparently in the past now that a 20-foot-tall Coast Salish woman, carved from wood, has been unveiled as the city’s unofficial greeter.

Mascot War? We Want Angus On Our Side

Saturday, September 18th, 2010

Edinboro University in northwestern Pennsylvania has taken a bold step to reclaim the once proud name of “Angus” from hamburger marketing madmen. That’s because on Friday the school unveiled “Angus,” a 12-foot-tall, 25,000-pound bronze statue of a Braveheart-era Scotsman in full kill battle mode.

Climate Change; Vermontasaurus Survives

Saturday, September 4th, 2010

Brian Boland built his scrap lumber “Vermontasaurus” this past June, and imagined it as a way to bring his small town of Thetford, Vermont together.

Bicycle Obelisk: New Highway Deities

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

In the heyday of Isis and Ra, obelisks were hot. Their pizazz has cooled over the last few millennia, but they’re still occasionally erected to honor someone extra-special or add cryptic counterpoint to another landmark — say, a humongous piece of fruit.

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