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Woodpecker Column

Coordinates: 43°38′34.2″N 79°23′6″W / 43.642833°N 79.38500°W / 43.642833; -79.38500
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Woodpecker Column
The sculpture in 2012
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ArtistFASTWÜRMS
LocationToronto, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates43°38′34.2″N 79°23′6″W / 43.642833°N 79.38500°W / 43.642833; -79.38500

Woodpecker Column is a public artwork by the Canadian artist collective FASTWÜRMS, installed by the South Building of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The 98-foot-tall (30 meters) black steel column was installed in 1997 and depicts a pileated woodpecker and a yellow-bellied sapsucker. The two birds are 6.5 feet (two meters) tall.[1]

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  1. ^ "'Woodpecker Column'". Atlas Obscura. Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
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