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A Raccoon Space Ship Will Visit Pittsburgh Soon

Just kidding. But this raccoon sculpture is getting built with the help of an international space station supplier.
A Raccoon Space Ship Will Visit Pittsburgh Soon
Filip Agren of Gallery AFK in Braddock, Pa. uses a grinder on the sculpture for Raccoon Rainbow Park in the Pittsburgh area. Courtesy of Michael Schwarz
Anders Corr
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A giant space raccoon is coming to town. The 12.5 foot sculpture, being built in Pittsburgh, will reportedly be the world’s biggest steel raccoon ever. Kids in the neighborhood of Millvale needed a park, and so high school volunteers have since 2021 worked on turning what used to be a vacant junkyard into a conservation playground. The park is one of only two good ones in the borough of Millvale, just eight minutes drive up the Allegheny River from Pittsburgh.
Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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