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Colorado Springs, Colorado: The Great Pumpkin

The 11-foot-high mosaic pumpkin was built in 2016 by the same art collective that created the city's giant hammer.

Address:
106 Pueblo Ave., Colorado Springs, CO
Directions:
Midtown, across from the courthouse square, on the southeast corner of CanAm Hwy/S. Nevada Ave. and E. Vermijo Ave.
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The Great Pumpkin.

Giant Pumpkin

A giant mosaic pumpkin sits on the corner of a downtown street.

[Lori England, 08/16/2022]

The 11-foot-high "Great Pumpkin" was forklifted into place in October 2016 as part of the city's annual Pumpkinfest. Built for $750 out of 90 percent recycled material by the same art collective that created the city's giant hammer.


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