Reader: Big Blue Bear and the dancing stick figures should go!

Just in time for Denver's closeup in the international press, "I See What You Mean," aka the Big Blue Bear, has gotten a facelift. But by simply sprucing up the sculpture outside of the Colorado Convention Center, Denver missed a bet. So last week, we offered up several more meaningful...

By Patricia Calhoun

October 3, 2012

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Just in time for Denver's closeup in the international press, "I See What You Mean," aka the Big Blue Bear, has gotten a facelift. But by simply sprucing up the sculpture outside of the Colorado Convention Center, Denver missed a bet. So last week, we offered up several more meaningful makeovers for the Big Blue Bear...a few of them very timely. See also: - Six ways the Big Blue Bear could make over his image. - Art attack? The Big Blue Bear needs a big blue bathroom

Says Nichaela:

Tear that gruesome eyesore down, right along with the dancing stick figures located a block away.

Adds Vicki:

This is the very first time I've enjoyed a peek at that damn bear.

How do you like "I See What You Mean," aka the Big Blue Bear? What's the best public art in Denver? The worst?

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12's public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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