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Reimagining Columbus is proposing bringing back the Christopher Columbus statue removed from City Hall with a new riverside ...
Five years after its removal, new conversations are emerging about the Christopher Columbus statue that once stood outside of city hall. City leaders announced ...
After two years of community engagement, the city’s Reimagining Columbus project is unveiling potential plans for the statue's future.
The "Reimagining Columbus Team" has unveiled what will take the place of the city's Christopher Columbus statue that was ...
Five years after the city's namesake statue came down, Reimagining Columbus is ready to present its vision for how to display ...
A coalition of 40 Italian-American groups ripped socialist Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani as a hater and divider for wanting to take down statues honoring explorer Christopher Columbus.
Every time I walk by the statue of Christopher Columbus a few blocks south of my Philadelphia office, I get flashbacks about ...
On June 9 in Richmond, Va.—two weeks into the protests following the police killing of George Floyd—demonstrators gathered at a statue of Christopher Columbus in the city’s Near West End.
First, county commissioners stripped Columbus Day from the paid-holiday calendar. Then, a construction crew hauled the 22-foot-tall bronze statue of Christopher Columbus from the city hall plaza ...
A statue of Christopher Columbus in Providence was vandalized in 2019. It later was moved to a park in Johnston, R.I. Michelle R. Smith/Associated Press ...
After Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue, the physical remains of his ships -- the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria -- remain lost. Bettmann Archive The 15th century explorer landed ...
A Philadelphia appellate court has ruled to restore Columbus Day and preserve the Columbus statue, marking a significant win for the city’s Italian American community after years of legal and cultural ...