Rochester, New York: Elephants and Smiling Chairs
What Makes You Smile? asks this permanent art installation. The answer: colorfully painted elephant statues and benches with grinning lips.
- Address:
- 590 Blossom Rd, Rochester, NY
- Directions:
- East edge of the city. I-490 exit 20. Turn north onto Winton Rd. Drive a quarter-mile. Turn left at the stoplight onto Blossom Rd. You'll quickly see the elephants and chairs ahead on the right.
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Across the street from an artisan workshop are colorful elephants statues, along with a bunch of chairs with different smiles on them.
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You'd think this would be a temporary art thing, but the elephants and chairs have been there for over ten years.