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Qué Grandes ... These Gatotes!

Los Gatos Shopping Center owner Jim Zanardi installs two large marble cat statues at entrance of popular gathering place.

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Two ginormous gatos, that seem as tall as 10 feet high, were installed Thursday morning at the entrance of the popular Los Gatos Shopping Center near the  intersection of Los Gatos-Saratoga Road and North Santa Cruz Avenue.

stepped out of her located inside the shopping center, and snapped these photos to share them with our Los Gatos Patch online family. Thank you, Jeanne!

According to the , the center is owned by Jim Zanardi, who asked Los Gatos sculptor Tony Lynott to help give life to the gatos, along with other contributors.

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