Giant Slingshot

Columbus, Ohio, United States

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The Slingshot is a steel sculpture by Franklinton artist Andrew Lundberg at Sullivant Avenue and Lucas Street, beside the River & Rich development in Columbus. Developer Casto erected it in May 2022; sources give its size as 20 to 25 feet.

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A giant steel slingshot, cocked toward downtown Columbus, stands on a plaza in Franklinton that the Columbus Dispatch called tailor-made for photos.

The sculpture stands at the corner of Sullivant Avenue and Lucas Street, next to River & Rich, a development by the Columbus real estate company Casto. According to VisualOhio in 2022, Casto approached Franklinton artist Andrew Lundberg of Lundberg Industrial Arts, with whom it had worked before, and chose the slingshot from about half a dozen design ideas. CBUStoday adds that the project was approved by the East Franklinton Review Board because the plaza plans included a sculpture.

The Columbus Dispatch reported that Casto erected it on May 18, 2022, and described it as 20 feet long. CBUStoday gave 20 feet tall and 12 feet wide, while Lundberg’s own project page describes a 25-foot installation. The frame is steel, shaped to give it a textured look, according to VisualOhio. Lundberg’s page says it does not work as a real slingshot.

The design carries small messages. CBUStoday reports that the number 1797, the year Franklinton was settled, appears on the front right side, and that the piece is set up to look moments from slinging a rock toward downtown. Lundberg called it “a visual reminder of our momentum as a community while maintaining the mischievous nature of the artists that make us who we are.”

Visitors are invited to take part. Lundberg’s page describes an interactive piece that lets people step into its oversized ammo pouch, and Columbus Navigator, updated in March 2026, suggests putting yourself in the slingshot for a picture. Accounts of its opening differ slightly: CBUStoday, writing on May 17, 2022, mentions an unveiling the previous fall, while the Dispatch dates the installation to May 2022. Columbus Navigator gives the address as 258 Lucas Street.

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An outdoor steel sculpture on the Lucas Street Plaza beside the River & Rich development in Franklinton. The artist describes it as interactive, with an oversized pouch visitors can step into for photos. Columbus Navigator (updated March 2026) lists the address as 258 Lucas Street.

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Stands outdoors at Sullivant Avenue and Lucas Street in Franklinton, Columbus, on a plaza beside the River & Rich development. It is an open-air installation.

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