Flock of flamboyant Flamingos taking a stand against local Texas council from 1990s till 2012
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Gps Coordinates / 30.2959842,-97.8274226
Plastic Flamingo Hat Creek Sanctuary VR Texas
Bee Caves Rd, West Lake Hills, TX 78746, USA
junction of Bee Caves Road and Capital of Texas Highway, is this flock of plastic pink flamingos
Flock of flamingos are called a flamboyant
Gps Coordinates / 30.295536,-97.8270811
Pots & Plants Garden Center, the plant nursery and beloved plastic flamingo sanctuary in West Lake Hills, closed after 25 years of business.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link -97.8272379 / Gps Link -97.8272904 / Gps Link -97.8273556
Gps Coordinates / 30.2956601,-97.8272379 / 30.2957196,-97.8272904 / 30.2958165,-97.8273556
At the time, a council member questioned whether there was a way to get rid of the hundreds of plastic pink flamingos that had cropped up outside the store.
Creator of The Pink Plastic Flamingo also grew up in the same town as the Smiley Face creator Worcester, Mass
Link Location Gps / Gps Link -97.8273951 / Gps Link -97.8274283 / Gps Link -97.827433
Gps Coordinates / 30.2958929,-97.8273951 / 30.2960228,-97.8274283 / 30.2961125,-97.827433
Little History of The Pink Flamingo - Don Featherstone made landscape history in 1957 when he designed the plastic pink flamingo for a Leominster, Mass plastics company.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link -97.8274338 / Gps Link -97.8273673 / Gps Link -97.8272062
Gps Coordinates / 30.2961644,-97.8274338 / 30.2962126,-97.8273673 / 30.2962158,-97.8272062
This eye-catching lawn ornament would sell 20 million copies, inspire several films and become a cultural icon both loathed and revered. The mass plastic company also made tupperware however it was the Cultural icon of the Pink Flamingo that lived on with future designs and tribute themed stop-overs like the location being shown here
2007 - 2008 Panorama360s below show pumpkins mixed within
Link Location Gps / Gps Link -97.827351 / Gps Link -97.8274125
Gps Coordinates / 30.2957968,-97.827351 / 30.2959023,-97.8274125
A public outcry ensued, with residents supporting the store's right to display the flamingos, and the City Council eventually decided to back down.
Gps Coordinates / 30.2955975,-97.8271698
Back in the early 1990s, those flamingos caused a stir with the West Lake Hills City Council that put Swanson's store on the map.
