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The City of Chicago, which owns the statues, will not be bringing the statues back to their former sites in Grant Park and Arrigo Park.
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Despite a recent settlement, controversy continues over the Christopher Columbus statue that was removed from Arrigo Park. The Chicago Park District has reached a settlement last ...
Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share The Columbus statue in Arrigo Park will be “loaned” to a civic group for display in a new Chicago Museum of Italian Immigration on Taylor Street, under a deal ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson defended the decision Tuesday to permanently remove Christopher Columbus statues from two Chicago parks as an effort to show “our collective humanity.” The Grant Park and ...
At the corner of Pulaski Road and Foster Avenue on Chicago’s Northwest Side stands a statue of labor leader Samuel Gompers, welcoming people to the park that carries his name. Cast in bronze ...
Keeping a pro-Palestinian puppet on display is different because that is ‘art,’ the mayor says.
The Chicago Park District announced Thursday they reached a deal to end a lawsuit brought over the removal of Christopher Columbus statues from city parks during 2020 protests. The city will loan ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago Park District has reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed over the removal of a Christopher Columbus statue. While a judge still needs to sign off on the deal ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson defended the decision Tuesday to permanently remove Christopher Columbus statues from two Chicago parks as an effort to show “our collective humanity.” The Grant Park and Arrigo ...
CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson defended the decision Tuesday to permanently remove Christopher Columbus statues from two Chicago parks as an effort to show “our collective humanity.” ...