Dallas zoo giraffe statue. Take the dart dallas area rapid transit red line to the dallas zoo station. A metal sculpture of two elephants with their trunks intertwined. This affectionate symbol will be the theme of a new art piece joining our iconic 67 foot tall giraffe statue near the front entrance of the zoo.
The park the statues are in is nice and visitors all love getting photos with the cattle. Look for the big giraffe statue and enter though the main entrance gate just off of i35e and marsalis ave. The bronze and plexiglass giraffe installed in 1997 is 67 feet 6 inches tall making it the tallest statue in texas barely edging out david adickes giant sam houston along interstate 45 near.
The elephants which will be. Catch the train from a park and ride to save money on zoo parking. Dallas zoo dallas texas 3204438n 9604852w 32743890n 96814440w 3274389.
Louis artist bob cassilly stands at the zoos entrance directly off i 35e. The statue is really a neat thing to see and the zoo is good too. Giant giraffe at dallas zoo is tallest statue in texas a 67 foot tall giraffe took up residence at the dall as zoo in january 1997.
Join now for free admission and parking discounts throughout the zoo and on select programs member only experiences and tons of other perks. The event starts at 600 pm. Turn right at the giant giraffe statue marking the entrance to the dallas zoos parking lot.
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Also the location makes for very easily working this into a downtown dallas walking tour day. Txdot is working on i 35e as part of a major construction project that is now underway and may affect your trip to the zoo. As part of the city of dallas public art program the new 262000 piece will consist of two larger than life freestanding elephant sculptures made of galvanized welded steel rods.
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The giant creature created by award winning st.