The west Valley might not have the biggest nightlife scene, but it is home to the biggest baby possibly ever seen from a freeway.
That's right -- there's a gigantic cardboard baby in Goodyear. He stands almost 20 feet tall and perpetually looks down at a cardboard tractor. He's been sitting on 2,000 acres of land off the I-10 West for 12 years now.
During its heyday, the owners of Duncan Farms -- Arnott and Kathleen
Duncan --
commissioned several giant cardboard figures from artist John Cerney. The baby,
for which Cerney was reportedly paid $3,000, has remained a roadside
attraction since the farm became barren fields.
There are two cardboard figures of adults holding produce at the corner
of Cotton Lane and Industrial Drive, but most of the Duncan Farms
cardboard figures are gone now. Even the baby is sun-bleached and
fading, and the driver of the tractor below him is missing his head.
To see the giant baby, take I-10 West to the Cotton Lane exit (exit
124), and turn right. Turn right at the first stoplight (Industrial
Drive), drive a few hundred feet, and turn right to park by a red and
white striped barricade. The giant baby will be visible, and is just a
short walk away.
