The ruling could have implications for attempts to remove controversial monuments elsewhere in Pennsylvania.
City workers cover the statue of Christopher Columbus at Marconi Plaza on June 16, 2020. Photo: Matt Slocum/AP
The city of Philadelphia must remove a box that's covered the Christopher Columbus statue in South Philly's Marconi Plaza for more than two years, according to a state court decision on Friday.in 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, which prompted the city — and others across the country — to reexamine the historical figures they honor.
The latest ruling in Philly's yearslong legal battle could have implications for attempts to remove controversial monuments elsewhere in Pennsylvania.A panel of judges in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania on Friday reversed a 2021 decision that allowed the city to keep the 146-year-old statue enclosed in a plywood box.
Commonwealth President Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt wrote that Philadelphia has a responsibility to preserve the statue after accepting it as a donation in 1876 and designating it a historical object in 2017,Kenney administration spokesperson Kevin Lessard told Axios that the city will remove the box "as it is practically and logistically feasible."The city boxed the statue in June 2020 to preserve it while the city conducted a public process to determine its fate.
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