Posted on 02/21/2021 8:27:56 AM PST by simpson96
CHICAGO — The city has unveiled the dozens of monuments it has flagged as potentially problematic — and it’s asking for residents’ feedback on what to do with them.
The city launched its Chicago Monuments Project website on Wednesday. It lists 41 monuments from around Chicago that were identified as needing “further review,” including famous pieces like the Illinois Centennial Monument at the heart of Logan Square and statues of Christopher Columbus and Abraham Lincoln.
The city did not say what will happen to the artwork it has flagged after residents weigh in, though.
The monuments that appear on the site were selected by the Chicago Monuments Project Advisory Committee, according to a Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events news release. The list includes a number of works that have been the subject of controversy, including multiples statues of Columbus and a monument to Italo Balbo, a fascist politician who served under Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
Also flagged were statues of a number of presidents — including five of Lincoln, two of George Washington and one of Ulysses S. Grant — and multiple pieces of work that feature Indigenous people.(snip)
Chicagoans can review the artwork through the website and submit feedback on the pieces and how Chicago should memorialize its history. Feedback can be submitted through an online form.
Residents can also register online to participate in discussions where they’ll be able to speak with members of the advisory committee to ask questions and share their thoughts. Each session can have up to 20 participants, with the first “drop-in session” scheduled for 10-11 a.m. Tuesday.
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Abe Lincoln wanted to send the freed blacks back to Africa—he lost that policy debate, now he pays the price....
And their pizza sucks.
No, we do.
Bfl
Land of Corruption?
It's a subtle race card play too.
Besides, I don't want statues of Abraham Lincoln or George Washington put in the bottom of a stinking outhouse... or some Chicago 'park'...
For God's sake take statues of decent people out of the hellhole.
Replace Lincoln and Washington statues with statues of gang-bangers shooting three years olds. With red blood falling from the children... make it gory and filthy like Chicago's streets... Wallow in your filth while you can Chicago... your people are packing up and leaving.
If they honestly poll Chicago residents and follow their “advice”, the Statues are safe.
Problematic to whom? Some whiny college professor and a fat lesbian?
Thompson was crooked as a dogs hind leg.
Chicago sucks.
It’s why the smart people are leaving and the stupid people will watch their property values fall...
Get out while you can... the hellhole’s forming.
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