Oversized bunny on bat and turtle with mitt (Perry Memorial Park)

Tucson, Arizona, United States

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Listed, not yet checked · Oct 2026

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A park marker at East Golf Links Road and South Pantano Parkway, Tucson, built from summer 2011 for Michael A. Perry Park: a jackrabbit on a concrete baseball bat, a tortoise and a stack of metal blocks, made by two artists and nine recent graduates.

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Oversized bunny on bat and turtle with mitt (Perry Memorial Park)

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Site-level location · 32.1866° N, 110.7791° W

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In 2011 the Arizona Daily Star called Michael A. Perry Park “nearly invisible” and reported that artists and recent high school graduates were building a new marker at the corner of East Golf Links Road and South Pantano Parkway to replace a plain brown sign.

The Tucson Pima Arts Council funded the $25,000, two-month project, overseen by the artists Jason Butler and Hirotsune Tashima. It combined a 7-foot jackrabbit holding a basketball on a 16-foot concrete baseball bat, a 52-inch tortoise and an 8-foot stack of metal blocks intended to spell “park”. The bat reflects the park’s Little League use and the basketball its courts. The animals were carved from foam, framed in metal and covered in concrete. “We wanted them to be of the desert,” Butler said.

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A 2024 Arizona Daily Star guide listed an oversized jackrabbit on a bat and a tortoise with a mitt and baseball at the corner outside the park. The City of Tucson lists a Little League field, basketball court and playground in the park itself.

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A park marker listed in 2024 at the corner of East Golf Links Road and South Pantano Parkway, Tucson. The park, at 2755 S. Pantano Pkwy, is a City of Tucson neighbourhood park set back from the corner.

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