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the Bear arrives

 

the

Polar

Bear

Chair

 

None of Sid Boyum's sculpture is so loved as the Polar Bear Chair. Here (left) it is shown on the evening it was brought to Circle Park, before it was placed on the permanent foundation and restored.

Welcoming the Bear

The Circle Park neighborhood welcomed the Bear enthusiastically with potluck celebration complete with Bear songs, poetry and mounds of ice.

 

Click for a video clip of the welcoming celebration.

the picnic feast

Lots of food...

neighbors read Polar Bear poetry

...poetry and songs...

the Bear honored with ice

...and ice in Summer.
kids playing on the Bear Alderwoman Judy and Steve Boyum taking photos of kids on the Bear
Jeff and the Bear

The Bear Chair has become a photo attraction -- something about it draws parents to take pictures of their children sitting in the Polar Bear (photos above and below)

Bear photo op

Jeff is a neighbor who showed up one day with his skid loader to help. And he kept coming back. Here he is moving the Bear.

Jeff & the Bear (left and below)

Bear in transit in Jeff's skid loader

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