UPDATE:
The pig is, indeed, gone, and as a commenter mentions below, it’s because the house was sold. The owners live in Robins and rented the house on 35th Street NE out. But when they sold it, they brought the pig to Robins with them. More details in tomorrow’s Gazette.
A reader wrote to us to ask whether we knew anything about the concrete pig that until recently lived at the corner of Oakland Road and 35th Street NE in Cedar Rapids.
Apparently the pig, which is something of a local landmark and was regularly re-decorated throughout the year, is gone.
Is it foul play? Just gone to be cleaned? I’m working on a story for tomorrow’s paper, but if anyone knows something about it or has a theory, leave a comment, or e-mail me at jamie.kelly@gazcomm.com
September 22, 2008 at 2:41 pm
I would imagine that it has something to do with the for sale sign that is/was on the property. I believe the owner had been renting it out, and with a sale possible/pending he decided to remove that peiece of his property?
September 23, 2008 at 11:54 am
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February 8, 2016 at 2:28 pm
I remember back in 1982, when the owners got married and received it as a wedding present. It was in the Gazette.