Bunnyhenge information

Bunnyhenge
Bunnyhenge
	The sculpture in 2014
Artist	PWP Landscape Architecture
Year	2013
Medium	Concrete
Subject	Desert cottontails
Location	Newport Beach, California
	33°36′40″N 117°52′16″W / 33.6112°N 117.8711°W
Owner	City of Newport Beach

Bunnyhenge is a public sculpture in Newport Beach, California depicting fourteen large white rabbits (of the desert cottontail species) sitting on their haunches in a circle. Two larger, 8 ft (2.4 m) rabbits outside the circle are also a part of the sculpture. Made of concrete and placed in the city's civic center, the sculpture garnered controversy when first built due to its improper allocation of city finances, costing $221,000. They were initially made for children to play with.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

^ Foxhall, Emily (2014-12-28). "Fiscal reform advocates take aim at Newport Beach's concrete bunnies". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
^ Barragan, Bianca (2014-12-29). "Cute Giant Bunny Statues Are Tearing Apart Newport Beach". Curbed. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
^ "Bunny statues stir up concerns over city spending". ABC7 Los Angeles. 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
^ Whiteaker, Michele (2019-04-01). "Newport Beach Civic Center Park with White Bunnies and Sculptures". Fun Orange County Parks. Retrieved 2024-02-03.

[fiscal-1] Foxhall, Emily (2014-12-28). "Fiscal reform advocates take aim at Newport Beach's concrete bunnies". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-02-03.

[curbed-2] Barragan, Bianca (2014-12-29). "Cute Giant Bunny Statues Are Tearing Apart Newport Beach". Curbed. Retrieved 2024-02-03.

[abc7-3] "Bunny statues stir up concerns over city spending". ABC7 Los Angeles. 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2024-02-03.

[focp-4] Whiteaker, Michele (2019-04-01). "Newport Beach Civic Center Park with White Bunnies and Sculptures". Fun Orange County Parks. Retrieved 2024-02-03.