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This simple Gorilla carving was installed in 1976 when the Great Ape House first opened, 2005.
Location:
2045 N Lincoln Park West
Chicago, IL 60614
Location Notes:
Outside Regenstein Center for African Apes facing the zebra habitat
Located Within:
Lincoln (Abraham) Park
Installed:
1976
Year Relocated:
2005
Features:
Outdoor, Sculpture
Description
This stylized outline of a gorilla is incised into a granite boulder. The Lincoln Park Zoo commissioned the carved artwork for the Lester E. Fisher Great Ape House in 1976. In recent years, the Regenstein Center for African Apes replaced the older building, but the sculptural boulder remains.