Arizona - Trunkations

Budget Woes For Less Than Literal Art

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

You can blame the economy, but even in a good year communities can be spending-averse when it comes to abstract sculptures for public spaces. Take Neptune Beach, Florida, for example. Its city council just voted down a $250,000 proposal for “Pathfinder,” a 26-foot-high series of metal rings that would swivel on bearings. According to the […]

Four Corners Monument: Miles Off?

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

The Four Corners Monument, the only place in America where you can spread yourself into four states at one time, is in the wrong spot, if you believe the flurry of stories in the media this week. Modern techniques of geodetic survey and measurement are being used to nitpick the work of a surveyor in […]

Roadside News: April 16, 2009

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Apache Leap Doom – AZ | Libbo Museum’s 30th – NV | Diagnosing Dead Abe – PA | Rocky Marciano Statue – MA

Want A Dinosaur? Or A Sphinx?

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

The relocation — or “adoption” as it’s known locally — of the giant statues formerly at Magic Carpet Golf in Tucson, Arizona, is nearly complete. But if you yearn for two of the biggest statues, the toothy dinosaur or the sedate Sphinx, they’re still available. “Each would take 20 grand, maybe more, to move,” said […]