Giant, flying golden pigs to spare city from having to look at Trump's name

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Giant, flying golden pigs to spare city from having to look at Trump's name
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Phrases like "when pigs fly" have lost all meaning in the Trump era. So it's ** surprise that one group's plan to block the president's name on Trump Tower in downtown Chicago with flying golden pigs is happening.

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"Flying Pigs on Parade (https://www.flyingpigsonparade.org/)," a project spearheaded by Jeffrey Roberts from architecture firm New World Design, has been given the go-ahead for a one-day art installation, according to local news reports (http://chicagoist.com/2017/05/03/architects_to_block_out_trump_tower.php). The idea first emerged shortly after the election to give "visual relief to the citizens of Chicago by interrupting the view of the ostentatious Trump Tower Chicago sign," the design firm wrote in a blog (http://embarch.blogspot.com/?view=classic)post last **vember. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/03/trump-tower-gold-pigs-fly/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)

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