New Statue of GKC

Photo of the G.K. Chesterton statue model
The full-size cast bronze sculpture of the great Christian philosopher G.K. Chesterton will stand 7' tall and will be mounted on a 3-4 foot tall pedestal between two large parking lot entry gates set in a facade constructed to look the age of other Antique City buildings, facing Northwest Railroad Avenue. The statue will weigh nearly 600 pounds and will be the exterior focal point of the new Chesterton Centre arts and medical complex in the heart of Ponchatoula.

From the article: "A life-size statue of Christian philosopher and author G.K. Chesterton will forever change the Ponchatoula cityscape when it is erected this September at the N.E. Railroad Avenue entrance to Chesterton Centre, the long-held dream development of Dr. Bob Benson M.D.

The full-size cast bronze sculpture of the great Christian philosopher G.K. Chesterton will stand 7' tall and will be mounted on a 3-4 foot tall pedestal between two large parking lot entry gates set in a facade constructed to look the age of other Antique City buildings, facing Northwest Railroad Avenue. The statue will weigh nearly 600 pounds and will be the exterior focal point of the new Chesterton Centre arts and medical complex in the heart of Ponchatoula.

Dr. Benson told The Times he asked sculptor David Wanner of Milwaukee, Wisconsin to create a Chesterton that will look "as if he fell asleep on the train, which he often did, and just got off in Ponchatoula.""

Ponchatoula is apparently in Louisiana. Milwaukee, WI is my hometown, and incidentally, a place Chesterton visited briefly on his American tour.
H/T: Mark C. Thanks.