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was surveyed in April 1993 and found to need treatment. In 2014, a truck driver, supposedly following his GPS, mistook the pedestrian path for a road and attempted to drive across the two Lion
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features eight lions placed at the ends of two bridges. Each lion is signed and dated P. Kupper.
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1640:Bench-Stone
1619:Round About
1529:(di Suvero)
1477:Orizzontale
1435:Salem No. 7
1400:Mo, Ni, Que
1268:Magic Grove
1226:Henry Bergh
382:Bronze Fonz
326:Wind Leaves
312:The Calling
184:Capitol in
144:Description
113: /
87:Coordinates
49:Paul Kupper
1756:Categories
1654:Knife Tree
1591:The Source
1576:The Lovers
1526:The Lovers
1491:Ursa Major
1206:Watertower
1192:The Reaper
1138:Ribbons VI
1070:Space Game
963:South Side
622:North Side
548:Peter John
204:References
69:Dimensions
1724:Pin Oak I
1696:Epicenter
1626:Lodgepole
1605:Unfolding
1555:Ritual II
1512:Double Up
1386:Sky Fence
1240:Chrysalis
1217:West Side
1185:The Sower
972:Menomonee
889:Near Here
840:Milwaukee
826:Sentinels
777:Polyphony
754:East Side
534:City Yard
527:Ex Stasis
192:Condition
138:Wisconsin
134:Milwaukee
1682:Untitled
1647:Windfall
1541:Axeltree
1449:Ancestor
1421:Way Four
1289:Teamwork
1158:Untitled
652:On Watch
485:Laureate
289:Downtown
77:Location
1598:Rainbow
1569:Olympus
1519:Upstart
1484:Embrace
1164:Quartet
1117:SOARING
945:Connect
896:Compass
861:Compass
847:Eclipse
715:Gear 23
687:Fishing
659:Pattern
520:Ruins X
410:Referee
227:, SIRIS
159:History
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1717:Flight
1579:(Daen)
1548:Orbits
1534:Poland
1145:Bridge
833:Hermes
499:Trigon
305:Family
179:Artist
46:Artist
1365:Sinai
770:Float
680:Music
492:Diana
1689:Arch
1675:Kumo
1562:Hara
1407:Trio
375:Argo
61:1897
57:1897
54:Year
917:Tip
645:Elk
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