Bronze Buffalo Update
We got this email on our Bronze Buffalo and I wanted to share. Brian did some great research for us and despite the outcome, we appreciate it.
“Well, I beat the bushes around UB and, yes a few people remember seeing the molds. However, perceptions of time passed are the same for most of us and “seems like yesterday” turns out to be a decade or more. After talking with a few directors of various departments and them having their people look, the consensus is that the contractor who cast the UB bison, did indeed pick up the molds from UB. After the new bison was put in place, the contractor did not return them. Nobody recalls enough about the contractor except when someone eventually did try to track them down, they were out of business. Paper work is gone.
I was a bit hopefull after one of the conversations about 2 weeks ago, but today ended the quest on a sour note. Que sera sera, Sara !
Regards,
Brian P. Rawson”
February 20th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Man, we got to find that guy. It would be pretty cool to see a bronze buffalo in the concourse again.
March 1st, 2008 at 7:14 pm
I’m with you. The plastic one they have out there is just kinda lame.
March 2nd, 2008 at 10:13 am
I agree, maybe there are some local artists that could make a new mold with UB’s permission and atleast we would have the mold. Then when some money was raised a new bronze one could be cast.
March 2nd, 2008 at 3:53 pm
The buffalo was never actually bronze, it was plaster. The UB recast IS bronze, but also cost $40k.
I’m not sure which plastic buffalo you speak of. We have no buffalo at all at the terminal.