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LOGAN — The six remaining popular fiberglass bulls placed in public areas around downtown Main Street will be removed after a last hurrah Saturday.
The bull statues will be pulled from their current locations and moved to private properties after the city’s annual Downtown Easter Celebration, said Logan Downtown Alliance manager Gary Saxton. That event, he added, brings many children to the downtown area who want to ride or take pictures of the bulls, making it a perfect unofficial farewell celebration of the replicated animals.
The alliance’s announcement last week garnered mostly fond memories from members of the public.
“Oh my son will be heart broken (sic),” one person wrote on Facebook. “Those bulls signify Downtown to him!!!”
“I love these bulls! They are apart (sic) of the city and helps (sic) identify who we are! Sad to see these go,” another person wrote.
In all, nine bulls were displayed around the city in 2012 as part of the city’s first public art project. Each bull featured a different artistic theme with a tie to the region. For example, one celebrated Utah State University athletics, one was designed to honor the region’s high schools and another, affectionately named “Beef Wellington,” was decorated by Logan Regional Hospital as a part of its “live well” campaign.
Three have already been removed for various reasons, including one that was in an area where a new hotel was built. All nine were originally supposed to be removed in 2014, but the decision to remove the six remaining bulls came in May 2017 as the alliance sought a new art project.
The exact location where each bull will live was still being determined Monday, Saxton said. The alliance has reached out to businesses and individuals they hope will be willing to place the statues on privately owned, but publicly accessible, land in Cache County.
While the bulls will no longer graze on Main Street, Saxton said the Logan Downtown Alliance is working to put together a new city art project campaign. The group already began accepting submissions for ideas.
Saxton said he hopes the alliance will finalize their plans in the near future, though there is no exact timetable.
“It’s pretty fluid right now; just gathering ideas,” he said.
Once the alliance selects a project, they will go through a process to have the project approved by Logan City and the Utah Department of Transportation, Saxton said.
Those who have ideas for the next project can to contact Logan Downtown Alliance online. People can post ideas to Instagram or Facebook using #experiencelogan or #downtownloganbulls.
Saxton believes the bulls' time on Main Street was a success.
“The Downtown Alliance was glad to bring public art for the first time to downtown Logan,” he said. “We were glad we were able to extend their stay … we look forward to being involved in bringing additional public art projects downtown that the community, I’m sure, will fall in love with.”
