Raleigh, North Carolina: Statue of Andy and Opie
A TV Land tribute to characters from the 1960s Andy Griffith Show. Griffith's home town of Mt. Airy has a duplicate of the statue.
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The Andy and Opie statue, erected in Raleigh, NC's Pullen Park in October 2003, has suffered a series of strange vandal attacks. Cable's TV Land commissioned the bronze sculpture depicting Andy and Opie Taylor, the fictional North Carolina father and son played in the 1960s by Andy Griffith and child actor Ron Howard....
[06/12/2004] Complete News StoryCable's TV Land is creating a bronze statue depicting Andy and Opie Taylor, the fictional North Carolina father and son played by Andy Griffith and director Ron Howard in the 1960s. TV Land 's proposal to erect a life-size sculpture of the pair on their way to a fishin' hole was unanimously approved by the Raleigh City Council.
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Statue of Andy and Opie
Pullen Park
- Address:
- 408 Ashe Ave., Raleigh, NC
- Directions:
- Pullen Park. I-440 exit 2A. Drive east on Western Blvd for two miles. Turn left onto Ashe Ave, then left into Pullen Park. The statue is to the left, to the left of the carousel.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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