Английская Википедия:Fitzgerald Chicken Topiary
The Fitzgerald chicken topiary is an under-construction topiary in Fitzgerald, Georgia, United States. Construction began in 2019 and as of 2021, the chicken-shaped skeletal frame is complete. Standing at approximately Шаблон:Convert tall, it is the largest structure of a chicken in the world and, when complete, will be the world's tallest topiary.
History
Fitzgerald, Georgia is a small city in the southern part of the state with a population of about 9,000.[1] The town is noted for its population of wild Burmese chickens that live in and around the main part of the city.[2][3] In 2019, city leaders announced the creation of a large topiary in the shape of a chicken as a way to attract tourism to the city.[1] The project was spearheaded by Mayor Jim Puckett, who said the roadside attraction could target drivers on the nearby Interstate, which is a 20-minute drive from the city.[2] The project was announced in 2019,[1] and while it was initially planned to be completed by later that year,[4] the project experienced delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the designer of the topiary (Tennessee-based topiary artist Topiary Joe) having to take time off to recover from surgery.[1] By May 2021, work was completed on the steel skeletal structure of the topiary, with a total of weight of about Шаблон:Convert[2] and a height of about Шаблон:Convert tall.Шаблон:Refn[1] In addition, the bottom of the structure would contain a room that tourists could rent out as a honeymoon suite or a bed and breakfast.[1][5] With the completion of the skeleton, local television station WMAZ-TV called it "the world's largest chicken",[6] while NPR stated that the finished project would be "the largest topiary in the world".[2]
Construction of the topiary was paid for by a special-purpose local-option sales tax (SPLOST) that had been directed towards tourism.[6] While the initial cost for the project was expected to be $150,000, the cost eventually rose to over twice this amount.[6] While Mayor Puckett defended the spending as an investment in tourism that would deliver a strong return on investment (noting that the chicken project had been covered on the front page of The Wall Street Journal twice since it was announced),[6][2] others in the city were opposed to the spending, and, according to NPR, the mayoral elections in November 2021 served as a "giant chicken referendum".[2] Puckett lost reelection, with about 91 percent of voters voting against him,[7] and following this, the city council put a freeze on new spending for the project until the newly elected mayor took office in January 2022.[6]
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- Animal monuments
- Buildings and structures in Ben Hill County, Georgia
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- Novelty buildings in Georgia (U.S. state)
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