Downtown’s Derelict Dinosaur Found Hiding Out in Park Hill
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Dinosaur found in Park Hill. (Branden Klayko)
Way back in the winter of 2008, we brought you breaking news about the disappearance of a large, blue dinosaur from downtown. The large sculpture was then perched in the shadow of the former LG&E electric tower at the foot of 8th Street, ostensibly guarding the Louisville Science Center from invading river creatures. Needless to say, three-and-a-half years later, we assumed the dino had gone extinct (or taken up a new gig at some new theme park). It turns out the triceratops had just been hiding out behind the Great Northern Manufacturing warehouse in the Park Hill neighborhood near the corner of 14th and Breckinridge streets. In fact, it’s been there so long that it appears on Google maps! It remains uncertain whether the dinosaur will return to Downtown or remain at its new home.
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Vi
June 12th, 2012
8:23 am
Wonder how it ended up on the other side of the river.
Jeff
June 12th, 2012
9:03 am
@Vi – The other side of what river?
brian
June 13th, 2012
1:59 am
lolz@Jeff -
Clark
June 13th, 2012
3:25 am
Interestingly, looking at the google map of the current location of the dino, it’s easy to tell that there was once a railroad spur in that location. The building’s shape is even influenced by it!
EmilyM
June 14th, 2012
10:57 am
In case anyone’s wondering about the origin of this dino, it looks like it may have been part of a Sinclair Oil exhibit at the 1964-65 World’s Fair in New York City: http://www.sinclairoil.com/history/worlds_fair_01.html