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El Segundo, California: Giant Metal Hand

Giant metal hand holding a paper airplane at the El Segundo Metrolink station. "For Your Intellectual Entertainment" was created by Daniel Martinez in 1995.

Address:
2226 E El Segundo Blvd., El Segundo, CA
Directions:
Metrolonk Green Line/El Segundo station, corner of El Segundo and Nash.
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Giant hand with paper airplane.

Giant Metal Hand

Towering above the metro station is this giant hand, which can be seen from several blocks away in all directions. On a recent trip to LAX Airport we stopped to check it out.

[Valerie McClory, 09/25/2010]
Giant Metal Hand

Giant metal hand holding a "paper" airplane at the El Segundo Metrolink station. It can be seen from the street below (roughly the corner of El Segundo and Nash).

[Kinder, 02/03/2010]

"For Your Intellectual Entertainment" is the name of the public sculpture created by Daniel Martinez in 1995. The hand is 30-ft. long.


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