So when Holly Barker, owner of the Gemini Giant and the now-closed Launching Pad restaurant, posted February 24 on X that she was auctioning the giant off and its trademark rights, the Wilmington community sprang into action.
She said she wanted at least $100,000 for the statue.
"I want this junk trinket off my property," said Barker, who still owns the restaurant. "If this is sabotaged in any way and the Gemini Giant doesn't sell, then it will be destroyed."
I had such hopes back when Holly Barker and her boyfriend bought the Launching Pad and statue. They seemed very committed to reopening the place and assuring that the Giant would remain. But that Holly is sure not the one we have as of this year. Something seems to have snapped.
No real Route 66er would ever say anything like that. Liz and I ate at the Launching Pad once and had great food and all that great Route 66 ambiance. And, of course, that magnificent muffler man. About the worst thing we could say was that the Launching Pad and the Polka Dot Drive-In in nearby Braidwood were too close to each other. You couldn't eat at one and then again at the other going either way.
--RoadMissing
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