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Bakersfield, California: Cancer Survivors Gauntlet (Gone)

RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report

Directions:
Beach Park. Southwest corner of 24th St. and Oak St.
Hours:
Human figures gone.
Status:
Gone

Cancer Survivors Plaza.

Cancer Survivors Gauntlet

Statues of cancer patients ran toward and lept through "gates" of treatment and recovery. By 2022 all of the human figures were missing, probably melted by thieves for their bronze.

Roadsideamerica.com Report... [08/02/2011]

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Cancer Survivors Gauntlet

Thieves have dismantled most of this artwork. A new artist is working on a non-metal replacement.

[Tom Beaman, 07/25/2022]

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