Stegosaurus Statue

Another great FTR for pioneer Dan R. Yeah it got our attention, we were like «What is that!?». Wish it had a taco trucked parked under it.

If you’re downtown in the vicinity of the Wadsworth Atheneum, you’d be excused if you did a double-​take upon seeing this very cool orange-​red abstract statue of a stegosaurus. It sure does grab your attention.
It sits in a courtyard between office buildings, and man oh man — is it huge ! It’s a whopping 32 feet tall and has a footprint measurement of 50 feet by 32 feet. It’s 40 tons of steel –a crazily creative work consisting of forty-​five arced steel plates bolted in the shape of a stegosaurus. And that color ! Super bright red-​orange that commands your respect.
It was dedicated in 1973 as a tribute to Alfred E. Burr, the founder of the Hartford Times newspaper.