'Lakebone' takes root on Burlington's Main Street

With construction nearly complete, the downtown community celebrated with a new art installation.

By: Grace Taylor

Outlets: UVM's Community News Service

Published: June 4, 2026

Words: 886

Last Updated: 6 days, 11 hours ago

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Via Community News Service, a University of Vermont journalism internship

BURLINGTON — Shop owners, tourists and locals spilled onto Main Street near Pine Street on Wednesday, called by the percussion instruments penetrating the quiet morning and a parade of dreamlike geese puppets floating overhead.

The procession was to celebrate the installation of “Lakebone,” a sculpture of a black locust tree about the length of a school bus.

First arriving by rail, the tree …

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