Grapevine Unveils Bronze Unicorn Statue, Arts Effort
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GRAPEVINE (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — One North Texas city has unveiled an 800-pound bronze unicorn statue in an arts effort gracing the top of a downtown building.
On Thursday night officials with the City of Grapevine dedicated the artwork as part of the city's Christmas parade. The winged horse statue is on the Grapevine Convention & Visitors Bureau's north tower.
The statue, at 7-feet high with a 9-foot wingspan, is part of the Grapevine Public Arts Trail, featuring more than two dozen pieces. It 'flies' some 50 feet above the sidewalk.
The big reveal happened during Thursday's Parade Of Lights In Grapevine.
Grapevine spent about $60,000 on the latest artwork, funded by revenue from placement of cellphone antennae equipment on city water towers.
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