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This small home belonging to Dr. Cydd West has all sorts of weird stuff on the outside walls, roof, in the trees and on the fence. Mostly, they have "pyramids" built out of old clothes irons. There are also bowling balls hanging from a tree, chairs and skateboards attached to the sides and roof of the house, as well as a tree trunk with shoes nailed down all over it (a different kind of "shoe-tree" than the one where you toss shoes into the branches.) and much more. I guess it's a fluid display and is always changing. And, although I've lived here 24 years, I've only just now discovered it.
[Laura Bloom, 11/12/2006]Flat Iron Junk Art Garden:- Directions:
- Goss St. - and apartment complex with sculptures in the front yard and elsewhere.
- Hours:
- Oct. 2014: Reported gone.
- Admission:
- Free.
- Status:
- Gone
Celebrated decapitated chicken that lived -- for a while. The town has a sculpture of Mike, and an annual Mike the Headless Chicken Festival.
Roadsideamerica.com Report...
- Address:
- Mulberry St., Fruita, CO
- Directions:
- The statue is downtown, on the corner of Mulberry and Aspen. The festival is held yearly in the first week of June.
- Hours:
- Festival 1st week in June. Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
- Greeley, Colorado - Shoe Tree
The shoe tree described here is long gone. I remember traveling what is now North 59th Ave all the time as a kid and seeing the pair of trees adorned with various footwear. In the mid 90's the trees caught fire in a farmer's controlled burn that got out of control. It didn't take long for people to redecorate, nailing their nikes to the trees' charred remains.
But alas, the property owner had the two trees removed from the roadside not long after the fire.
[Matthew, 07/19/2006]Shoe Tree:- Directions:
- Was north on 59th Ave off of West 10th Street (aka Route 34 bypass).
- Hours:
- Gone
- Status:
- Gone
- Greeley, Colorado - Shoe Tree
This shoe tree is on a rural road that runs north off of the Route 34 bypass (aka West 10th Street) in Greeley, CO towards Severance, CO (Home of Bruce's Bar which claims to be the inventor of the Rocky mountain oyster - Welcome sign says" Welcome to Severance Where the Geese Fly and the Bulls Cry" which is worth seeing in and of itself). Rumor has it that the shoe tree has been struck by lightning and the first set of shoes burned but within a few days the tree was resurrected and covered all over again. I remember the turn was near the country club and the Sheep Draw Veterinary hospital. There was a funky 70's style building on the corner that was a liquor store (maybe 59th Ave).
[Erika, 10/15/2003]
April 2009: Laura Bloon advises "The man who set it up is moving (reported in local news). I haven't been by in a while, but I believe the whole thing will come down if it hasn't already."