When the Bobby Orr statue outside TD Garden went missing panic in the North End ensued ... kind of.
Was it stolen? Did the Bruins ship it up to the bubble in Toronto? Is there something that needed to be added or subtracted?
@HunterZThompson TD Garden has removed the Bobby Orr statue - nobody knows why pic.twitter.com/1wTqqCiAXr
— Kevin Vahey (@kvahey)
August 2, 2020 Turns out, the real reason for the statue's absence was about as boring as could be.
The Bobby Orr statue is just on vacation this week. Avoiding some crane work in The Hub on Causeway today and his statue base will undergo some maintenance while he's away. He'll be back in time for playoff hockey --
— TD Garden (@tdgarden)
August 3, 2020 The Bobby Orr Statue, weighing eight hundred pounds, has been temporarily relocated to Portal Park on Causeway Street, as crews undergo renovations on the base of the statue outside the entrance to North Station. pic.twitter.com/W4KUNKZiLj
— Only In Boston (@OnlyInBOS)
August 3, 2020 This isn't, of course, the first time the statue -- which was designed by Harry Weber and unveiled on May 10, 2010 -- has been relocated.
The Bobby Orr statue has a new home.@tdgarden | #HubOnCauseway pic.twitter.com/4fWe1mwrSt
— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins)
September 24, 2019 Perhaps a trip to Toronto for the landmark wouldn't be such a bad idea. The Bruins seem like a team that could use a comforting bit of home right now. (For more on the Bruins' latest loss click here.)
