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#1 User is offline   emirate25 Icon

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Posted Wednesday, January 10, 2007 at 12:10 AM

My girlfriend and I were driving around the studewood and I-10 area and she told me about some "BIG WHITE PRESIDENTS HEADS" that were located a couple of blocks behind that new target on Studewood. So we passed by there and I see them all lined up on a property of this industrial factory place. What is the story behind those figures?

My gf mentioned something that some millionaire order them to be made but something happen...
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Posted Wednesday, January 10, 2007 at 2:12 AM

No, the presidential heads were commissioned for some kind of presidential head theme park in Virginia, I believe. The ones off Sawyer are, I assume, preliminary or rejected castings. That is where the studio of the artist, David Addickes, is located. Around here he is better known for the famous "Big Head on Main Street".
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Posted Monday, January 15, 2007 at 12:24 PM

Article about the heads: http://www.taipeitim...3/01/2003100770
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Posted Monday, January 15, 2007 at 1:11 PM

I believe he also did the Sam Houston Statue.

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Posted Monday, January 15, 2007 at 3:58 PM

Yep, he's kind of cornered the local market on really big statues. Speaking of which, he was going to erect big statues of the Beatles on the corner of I-10 and Shepherd. Has anything happened with that?
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Posted Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 6:10 PM

I rode by the studio today and the giant Beatles statues seem to be about complete. It's kind of funny to see them. I hope Addickes is able to move them to the Shepherd - I10 location. It would give them a lot of visibility.
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Posted Sunday, May 6, 2007 at 3:58 PM

We went by today to see the statues. Here's a few pics of the Beatles and the president heads...
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Posted Sunday, May 6, 2007 at 3:59 PM

Why not put it in our parks. cost less to transport
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Posted Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at 5:25 PM

My office is right across the street from "The Presidents." Nice to see those every day.
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