Giant penguins descend onto Downtown Orlando rooftops

ORLANDO Florida WESH SeaWorld Orlando has partnered with Creative City Project to display three life-size Emperor penguin figures throughout Downtown Orlando until June The activation precedes SeaWorld Orlando s announcement that it will soon house Emperor penguins in its Antarctica penguin habitat a first for the East Coast Previously SeaWorld San Diego was the only location in North America to view Emperor penguins Creative City Project known for its Big City Birds installation featuring giant pigeons in downtown Orlando last year collaborated with local artist Brendan O Connor on this latest display The large penguin figures can be located on rooftops at Areo at N Orange Avenue W Church Street and S Orange Avenue including both adult and baby penguins We re thrilled to be welcoming Emperor penguins to SeaWorld Orlando making us the only place in the Western Hemisphere where guests can experience these extraordinary animals up close Jon Peterson Park President of SeaWorld Orlando disclosed Cole NeSmith Artistic Director of Creative City Project shared his personal connection to SeaWorld Orlando having attended a penguin summer camp there as a child Creative City Project encourages the citizens to share photos and videos of the penguin figures on social media using the hashtag seaworldorlando and tagging seaworldorlando The project is supported by United Arts of Central Florida and funded by Orange County Governing body and the State of Florida Department of State Division of Arts and Custom