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Walk-Through Heart
Philadelphia, PA |
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This Walk-Through Heart is two stories tall. It is located at the Franklin Institute. The heart was built in 1954 for a temporary exhibit. It proved to be very popular and became a permanent fixture. Some more recent nearby additions include these arteries and a bone bench. For more, see this website.
There was a smaller Walk-Through Heart in Chicago. It has been replaced with a non-walk-through model. For more, see this website.
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Heart
Puyallup, WA |
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This Heart is installed next to a cardiologist's office. It is about five feet tall. Does anyone know when it was built? [map]
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Vertebrae [gone]
Metamora, IL |
Vertebrae
Eastpoint, FL |
Vertebrae
Muskogee, OK |
Vertebrae
Melbourne, FL |
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The Vertebrae in Metamora advertised for Adams Chiropractic Clinic. By 2018, there was a different medical center there but the Vertebrae remained. By 2022, a different business had moved in and the Vertebrae sculpture was gone.
The Vertebrae in Eastpoint are part of the mailbox in front of Dr. Zoe Segree's chiropractic office. They were installed sometime between 2016 and 2019. [map]
The Vertebrae in Muskogee are located at Hines Chiropractic. [map]
The Vertebrae in Melbourne is installed on a truck which has been parked in front of Dr. Haig John's chiropractic office since around 2018. [map]
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This Spine was installed in front of the Columbus Chiropractic Center. It appeared to be carved from a tree. The parking lane stripes are painted in spine shapes. By 2017, only part of the Spine was still there. By 2018, it was entirely gone. The parking lines were still there.
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Brain
Kent, OH |
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This Brain sculpture is located at Kent State University. It was created by Brinsley Tyrrell and installed in 2000. The 13-foot-tall sculpture is made of cement and sandstone. For more, see this website. [map]
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Eye
St. Louis, MO |
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2010: Chicago, IL |
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2012: Sparta, WI |
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Eye
2017: Dallas, TX |
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These Eye sculptures were designed by Tony Tasset and produced by FAST Fiberglass. They are made of steel-reinforced fiberglass. The one in St. Louis was installed at the Laumeier Sculpture Park in 2007 as a permanent exhibit. It is 12 feet tall.
The other Eye is 30 feet tall. It was installed in Chicago's Pritzker Park in 2010 as a temporary exhibit. It was then moved back to FAST in Sparta, WI. In 2013, the Eye was moved to Dallas where it remains in the Joule Hotel gardens for now. [map].
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