Made me think of Dan - Mickey Visits Chicago

[mckryan]

http://www.dailyherald.com/lake/main_story.asp?intID=38129100

Move over, cows: Mickey Mouse statues will line State Street
By Anna Blessing Medill News Service
Posted Saturday, May 22, 2004
All ears, Chicago: Mickey officially arrives in the Windy City today.

The beloved mouse - or 15 6-foot-tall polyurethane statutes of him - will be unveiled for a playful display along State Street, from Lake Street to Jackson Boulevard.

The statues, which will grace the city through July 20, were designed by Mickey Mouse's celebrity fans.

The unveiling is scheduled for 10 a.m. to noon today and will include family entertainment, games and giveaways.

Last November, on Mickey's 75th anniversary, 75 statues were unveiled at Disneyland to kick off "Celebrate Mickey: 75 InspEARations."

This month, the statues were shipped off in groups of 15 to Philadelphia, Boston, Denver, Portland and Chicago.

The brightly colored, globular statues, each weighing 700 pounds, are being carted cross country in 53-foot-long trailers, whose sides sport images of the statues and the phrase, "We're movin' Mickey!"

A few of the State Street statue designers are Gary Baseman, known for his illustrations in Time, Newsweek and The New Yorker, basketball star Kevin Garnett, talk show host Regis Philbin, undersea artist Wyland and Brian Matson of Marshall Field's.

Matson's Mickey wears the famous minty stripes of Fields. Regis' shows his Notre Dame pride by creating a Fighting Irish superfan mouse. Wyland's statue aptly wears a mask and snorkel.

The Mickey statutes will reunite next year in New York City, where they will be auctioned for charities hand-picked by the artists.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Which part....Mickey, Chicago, 700 pounds?

Thanks, Christa, should be a nice couple of months with Mickey in town.

 

[siouxi31]

Thanks for the info Christa! I thought they weren't coming until July.

 

[Beastlover]

I'm so excited!!!

 

[mckryan]

Originally posted by Dan Murphy
Which part....Mickey, Chicago, 700 pounds?

Thanks, Christa, should be a nice couple of months with Mickey in town.

LOL - just the Mickeys, silly! I was living in Cary when the cows were in town, and I loved that! I think going to look at Mickey would be much more interesting.

 

[Dan Murphy]

The cows wer great, there were so many, everywhere!!!!! Here a cow, there a......

Have a nice trip back home, less than 2 days to go......ahhhhh the Lodge.

 

[mckryan]

Thanks Dan, we're looking forward to it. This will be our first stay there. I was trying to get BCV, but my daughter would not hear of it. She wants to stay at VWL, so there we will stay. At least it will be short trip back to my room from Artist Point!