Children Must Find a New Home for “The Bear” in Boston

My thought is, why move it at all?

My guess is one of two reasons or perhaps both:

The property owner does not want responsibility for it.
The statue was dedicated to the children of Boston and thus they want to preserve it in an area where children are more likely to see it. Since FAO is now closed - there is no interest in that corner for children. FAO is also footing the bill to have it moved.

Methinks the building there is being torn down for another new development!

Ah, now it all makes sense. Sure, the children's hospital or museum should be good.

The Shriners Burns Institute for Children would be a great place for the FAO Schwarz Bear!

My front yard would be perfect....

That would be fine bi-polar if you don't mind hundreds of kids climbing around your front yard.

There are worse things than a bunch of happy kids overrunning your yard......

Personally I wouldn't mind either…so as long as you don't - lets have it sent to bi-polar's house!

Hi - They have renamed the Shriners Burns Institute - It's now the Shriners Burns Hospital - Boston. They get my vote.

An update on the Bear….

Officials said they have been deluged with more than 7,000 suggestions, from 34 states and five countries, for what to do with the 3-ton bronze bear with the trademark alphabet blocks. Submissions came from as far away as Ethiopia and Pakistan.

''I wish I could get the same interest in the issues I develop," Menino quipped yesterday as he announced three finalists in contention to be the bear's keeper. Menino said that in coming weeks, officials will decide between the Franklin Park Zoo, Children's Hospital, and Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts-New England Medical Center. He said they were among the more acceptable submissions the city has received since asking the children of Boston to send ideas last month.

The bear triggered strong feelings, many of them expressed in crayon. Ashlyn Howard, 9, of Winthrop said he was concerned about the bear's health and earnestly suggested that he be placed near a hospital. ''If the bear gets sick he can go see one of the doctors or nurses and they will give him medicine to feel better," she wrote in bright green magic marker. ''And it would look cool."

A boy from Hingham suggested the Floating Hospital for Children near Chinatown for two simple reasons: ''It likes Chinese food and helping kids." http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/08/19/bared_souls/

And the votes are in…..The FAO Schwarz bronze teddy bear was unveiled yesterday at its new home, the Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts-New England Medical Center.

Excellent, thanks for keeping up with this.

I especially like the sox banner on the bear!