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The sheet copper statue was cast by W. H. Mullins Company and depicts Columbus holding a globe. Next to Columbus is a granite pedestal with a dove on top of a globe. [2] The statue is approximately 9 feet (2.7 m) tall and weighs 150 lbs. [2]
Christopher Columbus Statue (1970, 1986, 1995) located at Columbus Plaza (W. Main Street and Lawrence Hill Rd.) Lackawanna. Bust of Christopher Columbus (1940) located at Bethlehem Park, Madison Ave. Lindenhurst. Columbus Monument (1991) 7-foot-tall monument [186] Mahopac. Christopher Columbus Statue (1992) located at Thompson & McAlpin Streets ...
The 2020 George Floyd protests in Columbus renewed calls to remove the statue, with petitions circulating to also remove other statues of the explorer and to rename the city. [6] The statue's removal was announced on June 18, with Columbus mayor Andrew Ginther announcing plans for a work of art that better represents the people of Columbus.
C. Statue of Christopher Columbus (Camden, New Jersey) Statue of Christopher Columbus (Central Park) Statue of Christopher Columbus (Chelsea, Massachusetts)
Statue of Benjamin Franklin (Columbus, Ohio) Statue of Christopher Columbus (Columbus City Hall) Statue of Christopher Columbus (Columbus State Community College) Statue of Christopher Columbus (Ohio Statehouse) Statue of Friedrich Schiller (Columbus, Ohio) Statue of Jim Rhodes; Statue of Lucas Sullivant; Statue of William Oxley Thompson
The bronze, beaux arts statue shows Columbus standing and gesturing into the distance with one hand. In his other hand, he holds a scrolled map at his side. On the sides of the statue's art deco pedestal are carved depictions of: one of Columbus' ships, the Santa Maria; astronomer and mathematician, Paolo Toscanelli, who plotted the course to the "New World;" the explorer, Amerigo Vespucci ...
The 50-foot tall bronze and granite statue was designed by the Italian American sculptor Frank Vittor and installed in 1958. [1] In 2020, the sculpture was covered and the Pittsburgh Art Commission voted unanimously in favor of its removal.
Columbus Park is a Hudson County park on Clinton Street in Hoboken. The statue created in 1937 is a bronze depicting Columbus with a sword hanging from his belt and a cross around his neck, on a granite pedestal. [3] Reproductions of the work were installed in Columbus Park in Memphis, Tennessee [4] [5] and Hazleton, Pennsylvania. [6] Journal ...