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Pink Flamingos...on the Verge of Extinction
What does the future hold for the plastic pink flamingo? If you didn't have one in your front lawn growing up, you surely had a neighbor that had six of them on their front lawn. They first appeared on the scene in 1957, dissapeared in the 70's, made a reappearance in the 80's, and now are on the verge of dissapearing from the world's front lawn forever.
Did you know that as of November 1, 2006 the original manufacturer of the plastic pink flamingo has stopped manufacturing these iconic lawn ornaments?Did you know they had been manufactured in Leominster, MA for nearly half a century until the plant shut off the molding machines for the last time and shut their doors just about 7 months ago? I know this because I live in Leominster. It's been a sad few months since their closing but we'll all pull together and move on, I promise you that.Don Featherstone, a young artist, was hired by Union Plastics in Leominster to redesign their two dimensional lawn ornaments into a three dimensional version. His first project was a plastic duck but his fame came when he redesigned the pink flamingo into a three dimensional masterpiece. Little did ... more

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