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The Seattle Post Intelligencer
Seattle, King County, Washington
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In Chicago, the removal of the bronze Christopher Columbus statue from the lake front, erected for the World's Columbian Exposition, began yesterday due to park development. The statue, seen by many as an eyesore, has been sent to the city junk pile temporarily.
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CHICAGO, June 13.—The work of removing the big bronze statue of Christopher Columbus, which was erected on the lake front during the World's Columbian exposition, was begun yesterday.
The converting of the lake front into a park has progressed so far that the statue now stands in a basin on account of filling in all around it, and its removal was made necessary. If the statue is replaced it will not be in the same position it now occupies. It has been regarded by many as more of an eyesore than an ornament, and it may be that the city junk pile, to which the relic has been temporarily consigned, will be its final resting place.
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Chicago
Event Date
June 13
Outcome
statue removed and temporarily consigned to city junk pile; future replacement uncertain and not in original position.
Event Details
Work began yesterday to remove the big bronze statue of Christopher Columbus from the lake front, erected during the World's Columbian Exposition. Removal necessary due to lake front conversion into a park, leaving the statue in a basin from filling in around it. Many regard it as an eyesore rather than an ornament.