That Dinosaur on Beach Blvd

[TheCat]

http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/010907/bum_7173980.shtml

When the developers bought the property they received well over 1000 phone calls to take the dinosaur. Including a call from Disney.

[Ocklawaha]

I'm so glad they did! I wish they'd of saved the train, which was an honest to God, 2' gauge steam powered railroad. The first steam locomotive I ever had the privilege of burning the shit out of my hands on while learning to operate it! I did gain a LOT of knowledge from that Lil engine, and learned to respect the awesome power of steam. The old adage that 'In the summer the engineers roasted, in the winter the fireman froze' was true on that mile or so of track too.

[ben says]

Love that dinosaur. Many memories of going to the park that used to be there.

[fsujax]

You can friend him on facebook!

[Tacachale]

Ah, Sexy Rexy. Back in 2007 I had a friend who worked on that UNF project to clean him up and get his eyes shining again like a shining light in the heathen darkness. Job well done.

[AshleyLauren]

There is a tv show based off selling this sort of stuff. I wonder what he would go for at auction.

[BackinJax05]

Used to go here on Sundays after church. Goony Golf & Go Carts was so much fun.

[WmNussbaum]

It's anatomically a joke and it's visually obnoxious - clearly belongs in Jacksonville and on Beach Blvd.

[WmNussbaum]

Someone should replicate it and put it somewhere on Blanding Blvd. south of I-295.

[aubureck]

There's actually a very similar one (or at least there was at one time) at a miniature golf course in Pensacola.  I remember using that golf course many times when I was a kid.

Its from a minature golf course it wasn't meant to be "realistic"