Spirit of Mecklenburg Statue

Even if the execution is a bit off, you’ve gotta give points for originality with the timed fountains made to look like a hose trotting. Not to mention this serves as a grand marker to one of the main entrances to the public greenway and all the sights one can see along it. You can easily see it from the road and there is a nice little parking area off of 4^th St. adjacent to it. As far as public fountains and statues go, I think we can all agree there are a lot worse out there!

I dunno, it’s pretty camp, what with the blue light and spurting fountains timed waaaay too slowly to look like horsey footfalls. But it did make me read about Capt Jack (no, not THAT one) and his arduous ride, so I guess it’s a win for public-​art-​that-​makes-​you-​go-​home-​and-​research-​stuff.