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Published September 4, 2009 | 
If you live on the Southside or ever have gone down Beach Boulevard you will have seen the big Orange Dinosaur on the Southside of the road between Southside Boulevard and Forest Boulevard. Some years ago there was a Goofy Golf place there but when hard times hit and people stopped going to places like that for family fun the park was torn down and later a shopping center was built. There was a lot of controversy about the Dinosaur as the builders wanted to tear it down as well. The community revolting and gathered enough followers and donations to have the dinosaur restored. It is a silly thing to leave in front of a shopping center but REX has been there for a lot of years and people still use him as a direction finder as well as to preserve something that was in the way of progress.
For all of us who like seeing the big orange guy as we travel up and down Beach Boulevard there is a facebook page for you to check out! If you haven’t joined facebook yet don’t worry it only takes a few minutes and it is FREE! (Well so far anyway). So, sign up and add this page to your profile. You will be joining the over 14,000 fans to chat, post your own Rex story and much more.
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