Court ruling allows covering to remain over Columbus statue in Philadelphia
The Commonwealth Court ruling vacated a decision by a Common Pleas Court judge to allow immediate removal of the box covering the statue on Marconi Plaza.
The Commonwealth Court ruling vacated a decision by a Common Pleas Court judge to allow immediate removal of the box covering the statue on Marconi Plaza.
Mayor Bill Peduto said the work “can be better displayed in a private location that places Columbus, his memory and his history in different context.”
Calls to remove Pittsburgh’s Columbus statue date at least to the 1990s.
More than a dozen U.S. cities have recently unseated their own statues honoring the Genovese explorer. Protesters have pulled down many more.