There's a deer standing on the Rich Street Bridge overlooking the Scioto River and downtown Columbus!
The deer were added to the Scioto Mile as part of the big rehabilitation project in 2015 that turned the area into the multi-use park and trail space that it is now. The sculptures are part of a commissioned art installment by artist Terry Allen. When Allen learned that “scioto” meant “hairy deer” in a Native American Language, he took that as a bit of inspiration to create the deer. The river was named scioto because of all the deer hair that inevitably ended up in the water when deer actually lived there. In an interview, Allen said he roamed around the city and ended up at the Scioto mile, “It was supposed to be in this area where people just sort of lounged around and walked around and took it easy and I thought of deer doing the same thing as people just lounging around.”
Come to find out, there are three deer in the area. I need to find the other two. Yep, that's a good i-deer!
Neat, and I like the little don't give up
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