# Donkey Kong comes to Concord, NH

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 22, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donkey-kong-comes-to-concord-nh/972038 "2022-09-22T15:20:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donkey-kong-comes-to-concord-nh/972038/1 "2022-09-22T15:20:40Z")

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I’ll be up that way this weekend; I’ll have to have a look

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> Chris Schleyer knew the new elevator shaft with crisscrossed beams installed behind his apartment building on South State Street was the perfect canvas for something special.
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> “After it went up, we saw the steel beams crisscrossing up and down and it looked like the Donkey Kong game,” Schleyer said. “It’s different than everything I’ve seen going up lately and it’s a nice little Easter egg in Concord.”
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> The beams have since been painted bright pink in a pixelated style capturing the design of the original 1981 game. Atop the five-story building is Princess Pauline, with Donkey Kong and his barrels below. Mario, equipped with his hammer is ready to climb up.

> **[Concord Monitor](https://www.concordmonitor.com/)**
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> The Concord Monitor is a Pulitzer Prize winning daily newspaper and website located in the capital city of New Hampshire. The Concord Monitor is Central NH's dominant media with more than 70 percent household penetration. The Monitor is a key source...

> **[New Hampshire Artists Transform Building Into Real-Life 'Donkey Kong' Level](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-hampshire-donkey-kong-building_n_632c11fde4b0d12b540187a1)**
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> Artists led by the nonprofit Positive Street Art reportedly spent about 100 hours over a two-week period on the homage to “Donkey Kong.”

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**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donkey-kong-comes-to-concord-nh/972038/2 "2022-09-22T18:37:05Z")

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Hope they got approval from Nintendo for that!

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**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donkey-kong-comes-to-concord-nh/972038/3 "2022-09-22T18:51:00Z")

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Do you want giant angry kidnapping gorillas? Because this is how you get giant angry kidnapping gorillas.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donkey-kong-comes-to-concord-nh/972038/4 "2022-09-22T20:27:41Z")

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They also have a habit of rolling empty barrels down the fire escapes. The only way to get rid of them is with mustachioed Italian plumbers with big hammers.

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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donkey-kong-comes-to-concord-nh/972038/5 "2022-09-22T21:46:02Z")

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Short British men will be allowed in a pinch.