Lucy the Margate Elephant

It's come to my attention that some people might not know who or what Lucy the Elephant is. Since I have a picture of her so prominently displayed on the top of my blog, I thought I'd provide my own mini public service announcement on her behalf.

The long and short of it is Lucy is a 65 foot tall elephant-shaped building in Margate New Jersey (just south of Atlantic City). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Lucy casts quite a shadow... even having a directional arrow pointed her way as far as Bordentown.

One of my favorite New Jersey icons, Lucy has quite a devoted following of caretakers and wellwishers... and even has her own official ragtime throwback theme song [mp3]. She's on my NJ must-see list, for sure.