{"id":1580,"date":"2017-12-05T19:58:11","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T01:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/mammals\/?p=1580"},"modified":"2025-07-24T16:24:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T21:24:33","slug":"bunnies-on-broad-street-blends-bunnies-art-and-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/mammals\/bunnies-on-broad-street-blends-bunnies-art-and-history\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBunnies On Broad Street\u201d Blends Bunnies, Art, And History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you ever needed a reason beyond the shopping outlets to visit historic Grove City, Pennsylvania, in the northwest section of the state, then the book \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oldetowngrovecity.com\/bunnies-on-broad-street\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bunnies On Broad Street<\/a>\u201d might tempt you. Besides being \u201cThe Crossroads of the East,\u201d the town now boasts a city scavenger hunt downtown. This hunt isn\u2019t for anything mundane like safety pins, bottle caps, or cotton swabs. The search is for <a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/mammals\/category\/species\/rabbit-breeds\/\">rabbits<\/a>! Rabbit sculptures, to be exact.<\/p>\n<h2>Bringing \u201cBunnies On Broad Street\u201d To Life<\/h2>\n<p>It all started when author and book publisher <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinetreepublishing.com\/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leann Smith<\/a> was inspired by programs like the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miceonmain.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mice On Main Street<\/a> scavenger hunt in Greenville, South Carolina. That itself was inspired by the book \u201cGoodnight Moon.\u201d Nine bronze mice sculptures were placed around Greenville to create a scavenger hunt. Several years later, a book was written telling the story of the mice. Smith and the Olde Town Grove City nonprofit worked to find an author, illustrator, and sculptor to create a scavenger hunt experience in Grove City. The result was the illustrated book \u201cBunnies On Broad Street\u201d that guides people around town in search of Lulu Bunny, and 10 metal sculptures crafted by renowned sculptor <a href=\"http:\/\/billsecundastudios.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Secunda<\/a> that bring the bunnies to life. The author is Emily Morgan and illustrations are by Sarah Meghan Fedor.<\/p>\n<h2>The Gift Of \u201cBunnies On Broad Street\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>The book and bunny sculptures aren\u2019t just a fun scavenger hunt. Together they reveal fascinating bits of history about Olde Town Grove City. The starting point of the hunt is the Grove City Community Library. Spoiler alert: One of the bunny sculptures is near Joden Jewelers and shows a bunny in a plane, which represents <a href=\"https:\/\/dmairfield.com\/people\/kelly_og\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oakley G. Kelly<\/a>, a record-setting flyer who served in the military and who grew up in Grove City. Lulu Bunny has already made appearances at several Grove City events, including Grove Fest. It looks like she will be part of future events, too. The hardback book is available at b&#8217;gifted in Grove City, and all profits support Olde Town sustainability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new book &#8220;Bunnies On Broad Street&#8221; guides people through downtown Grove City to have fun, discover rabbit sculptures, and learn town history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-rabbit-fun"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/mammals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/mammals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/mammals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/mammals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/mammals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/mammals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4168,"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/mammals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580\/revisions\/4168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/mammals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/mammals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/mammals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}