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The Great Wall of Topanga Keeps Growing and Changing Over Time
With this in mind, Im still surprised by the detractors of the Great Wall of Topanga because, and I apologize to the scholars, I think its way cool.
Built on a retaining wall across the boulevard from Froggys, the 3-D collage incorporates colorful, whimsical elements that also haveif you blink youll miss themsomething important to say.
Last year, it was a sweet dedication to Topangan Michael Dean who passed away from cancer. The wall is the work of Rick Denman as a hedge against graffiti on the retaining wall below his house.
This year, its a quiet memorial for the children of the Sandy Hook massacre. It simply says 20 kids with wooden figurines representing each child.
Currently, Toys Wuz Us plays around with discarded toys, most of them from Denmans own children.
I just wanted to say something about what we do with all this plastic stuff, he added.
Next, Denman plans to install some 300-400 pound Chinese terracotta statues donated by his neighbor up the road. Indeed, the Great Wall of Topanga asks, Got Art? Oh yes, and then some.