The world's second-largest fork resides in Springfield, Missouri. No idea what you'd eat with it. But I have to like it. There's no profound message to it. They just liked the idea of having a huge fork in the middle of town. They didn't give up on it when the restaurant it was part of went under. And they weren't discouraged when a city in Oregon built an even taller fork. Which I'm sure is quite a story in its own right.
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Not only do I like the world's second largest fork, I think it was pretty cool of them to move it to the ad agency headquarters when the restaurant closed. Of course as soon as I saw the giant fork I was reminded of the pop art sculptures done by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen.
You might like seeing their huge spoon and cherry fountain.
Yeah, I guess the town knew it had a good thing going and wanted to keep it as long as possible.
Oldenburg and van Bruggen are almost impossible not to think of when you see large object sculptures like this. Of course there were some unusual statues and some event architecture even before them, but they've really excelled at these no-explanation kids of pieces. The spoon and cherry bring that location to life.
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