![]() (Once you’ve seen one Muffler Man, you’ll start to notice them all over Los Angeles and along the Historic Route 66.)īut the statue that was soon to be Chicken Boy had his arms modified to hold a large bucket. Their arms were positioned to hold mufflers, rocket ships, or - in the case of the Bunyans - axes. These statues, also known as Big Guys and Paul Bunyans, were constructed of fiberglass and polyester resin on steel frames. ![]() The story of Chicken Boy started when the original owner of the Chicken Boy Fried Chicken restaurant, a true Los Angeles visionary if there ever was one, bought a customized Muffler Man statue from the International Fiberglass Company in Venice, California. Photos via the Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles Herald Examiner Collection (photographed by Mike Mullen, left), and Security Pacific National Bank Collection (right.) Chicken Boy at his perch above his eponymous restaurant. But wasn’t necessarily the chicken that got people talking about Chicken Boy - it was the mascot. Chicken Boy: The Origin Storyįried chicken has always been popular in Los Angeles, and for 20 years, the Chicken Boy restaurant in Downtown Los Angeles was the talk of the town. It’s been said he’s “too big to live, too weird to die” (which doesn’t really make any sense), and the tale of his journey through time and storage spaces of Los Angeles is one of love, perseverance, and triumph. story goes back more than six decades when he started as the humble mascot of a fried-chicken restaurant that offered, as his bucket once read, the “best chicken in town.” He’s been called the Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles and the Mayor of Highland Park, but his L.A. Chicken Boy The Statue of Liberty of Los AngelesĪ statue of a chicken-headed man holding a bucket of “the best chicken in town” keeps eternal vigil from his perch high above Figueroa Street in Highland Park.įor 14 years, the 22-foot-tall Chicken Boy been standing vigil above Figueroa Street in Highland Park.
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