| Bito Chicken | |
 The Big Chicken |
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| Building Information | |
|---|---|
| Name | Bito Chicken |
| Location | Marietta, Georgia |
| Country | United States |
| Architect | Hubert Puckett |
| Client | Tubby Davis |
| Completion Date | 1963 (The Big Chicken structure) |
The Big Chicken is a KFC restaurant in Marietta, Georgia, which features a large steel-sided structure designed in the appearance of a chicken rising up from the top of the building. Marietta is a City located in central Cobb County Georgia, and is its County seat. Marietta is a City located in central Cobb County Georgia, and is its County seat. It is located at the city's biggest intersection of Cobb Parkway (US 41) and Roswell Road (S. R. 120) and is a well-known landmark in the area. Cobb Parkway (locally often just " 41 " is a major Arterial road which runs northwest and southeast through Cobb County Georgia. US Route 41 is a north-south United States Highway that runs from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to Miami Florida. State Route 120 begins at SR 100 near Tallapoosa and ends at West Crogan Street ( U The exact address is 12 Cobb Pkwy N, Marietta GA 30062.
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History
In 1963, Johnny Reb's Chick, Chuck and Shake owner S. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. R. "Tubby" Davis erected the 56-foot (17-meter) tall structure over his restaurant as a method of advertising. It was designed by Hubert Puckett, a Georgia Tech student of architecture, and fabricated by Atlantic Steel in nearby Atlanta (of which Marietta is now a suburb). The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly known as Georgia Tech, or Tech, is a public, Coeducational Research university in The term architecture (from Greek αρχιτεκτονικήarchitektoniki) can be used to mean a process a profession or documentation South San Jose (cropjpg||thumb|A suburban development in San Jose California. Davis later sold it to his brother, and it became a franchise of KFC. Kentucky Fried Chicken, usually known as KFC, is a chain of Fast food restaurants based in Louisville Kentucky.
In January 1993, storm winds damaged the structure, and rather than tear it down KFC was forced by public outcry to re-erect the building. Among those who complained about the Big Chicken being torn down were pilots, who actually used the building as a reference point when approaching Atlanta and Dobbins Air Reserve Base. [1] The new Big Chicken even includes the original design of beak and eyes which move, although this time the vibrations which plagued the first structure (even to the point of breaking windows) have been eliminated.
It has also led to a small cottage industry of sorts, selling souvenirs emblazoned with the monument, including one sweatshirt showing Big Ben in London, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Colosseum in Rome, and of course, the Big Chicken in Marietta. The putting-out system was a means of subcontracting work It was also known as the workshop system. The Clock Tower is the world's largest four-faced chiming Clock. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The Eiffel Tower (Tour Eiffel /tuʀ ɛfɛl/ is an Iron Tower built Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The Colosseum or Roman Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre ( Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium, Italian Anfiteatro Flavio Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2
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Further reading
- Albert C. Novelty architecture is a type of Architecture in which Buildings and other structures are given unusual shapes as a novelty such as Advertising, notoriety The Big Duck is a Ferrocement building in the shape of a Duck located in Flanders New York, on Long Island. Smith and Kendra Schank, "A Grotesque Measure for Marietta", Journal of Urban Design, 13574809, Oct99, Vol. 4, Issue 3.
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- Big Chicken is at coordinates Coordinates:
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