| World / USA / California / Cabazon, 2 km from center | Coordinates: 33°55'13"N 116°46'22"W |
Cabazon Dinosaurs
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The Cabazon dinosaurs were built by Knott's Berry Farm sculptor Claude K. Bell (1897-1988) in the 1960s to attract customers to his Wheel Inn Cafe which opened in 1958. Dinny, completed in 1964, was created out of spare material from the construction of Interstate 10 at a cost of $300,000 over the course of two decades until Bell's death in 1988.
No construction company or contractors were involved in the project. In 1981, Mr. Rex was constructed nearby to Dinny. A giant slide was intended to be installed in Mr. Rex's tail, but this plan was scrapped. Dinny's paint job was reputedly done by a friend of Bell's in exchange for one dollar and a case of Dr Pepper. A third woolly mammoth sculpture and a prehistoric garden were drafted, but not completed, due to Bell's death. More than mere sculptures, Dinny and Mr. Rex are habitable buildings. The entrance is at the base of Dinny's tail. Bell himself once lived in Dinny's upper rooms.
Both Dinny and Mr. Rex have a brief cameo in the video of the Tears for Fears song, Everybody Wants to Rule the World as well as in the motion pictures Pee-wee's Big Adventure and The Wizard.
The Cabazon dinosaurs were built by Knott's Berry Farm sculptor Claude K. Bell (1897-1988) in the 1960s to attract customers to his Wheel Inn Cafe which opened in 1958. Dinny, completed in 1964, was created out of spare material from the construction of Interstate 10 at a cost of $300,000 over the course of two decades until Bell's death in 1988.
No construction company or contractors were involved in the project. In 1981, Mr. Rex was constructed nearby to Dinny. A giant slide was intended to be installed in Mr. Rex's tail, but this plan was scrapped. Dinny's paint job was reputedly done by a friend of Bell's in exchange for one dollar and a case of Dr Pepper. A third woolly mammoth sculpture and a prehistoric garden were drafted, but not completed, due to Bell's death. More than mere sculptures, Dinny and Mr. Rex are habitable buildings. The entrance is at the base of Dinny's tail. Bell himself once lived in Dinny's upper rooms.
Both Dinny and Mr. Rex have a brief cameo in the video of the Tears for Fears song, Everybody Wants to Rule the World as well as in the motion pictures Pee-wee's Big Adventure and The Wizard.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabazon_Dinosaurs
Category: interesting place adventure dinosaurs
Category: interesting place adventure dinosaurs
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