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Melrose Park, Illinois: Elephant Statue (Gone)

A fiberglass elephant (without the usual martini and eyeglasses) grazed on a large side yard lawn in a residential neighborhood.

Directions:
Northlake. Between Melrose Ave. and Geneva Ave. on north side of Altgeld St.
Hours:
July 2018: Torched by vandal.
Status:
Gone

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Elephant Statue

Sadly, the elephant was burned down on July 27, 2018, by a vandal.

[Julia May, 08/22/2018]

Elephant statue.

Elephant Statue

Not sure how a life size elephant statue ended up in a yard, but it did.

[Debi, 09/30/2017]

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