Posted on 04/26/2018 6:06:41 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
PITTSBURGH - The statue of composer Stephen Foster that stood in Schenley Plaza in Pittsburghs Oakland neighborhood since 1940 was removed Thursday morning.
Controversial for its portrayal of Foster, a Lawrenceville native, with an African American man seated below him, the bronze statue has been scrutinized as racist for years.
Future of Pittsburgh's Stephen Foster statue in question Pittsburghs Art Commission decided with a unanimous vote on Oct. 25 that the 10x4 foot statue, which sits on a granite base, would come down within six months. Under city code, the Art Commission is responsible for overseeing the alteration, relocation or removal of all city-owned art.
Crews used a backhoe to remove the statue from its base. It was then loaded onto a flatbed truck and hauled away.
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Before being placed in Schenley Plaza, the statue by sculptor Giuseppe Moretti was unveiled in Highland Park in 1900. Moretti also created the panthers on Schenley Parks Panther Hollow Bridge and the sculptures at the entrance to Highland Park.
The Schenley Plaza site that has been home to the Foster statue will not stay bare. Mayor Bill Pedutos office has been seeking public input in the selection of an African American woman to be honored with a statue.
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I remember seeing the words to that song on the side of Kentucky Fried Chicken boxes in the 1960's. It had the revised lyrics even then.
WHITE Springs? Sounds racist, too, so probably the perfect place for the statue, IMHO.
And yet the have the Rachel Carson bridge...
Good ole I-10!
All up and down de whole creation
Sadly I roam,
Still longing for de old plantation,
And for de old folks at home.
Chorus
All de world am sad and dreary,
Eb-rywhere I roam;
Oh, darkeys, how my heart grows weary,
Far from de old folks at home!
2nd verse
All round de little farm I wandered
When I was young,
Den many happy days I squandered,
Many de songs I sung.
When I was playing wid my brudder
Happy was I;
Oh, take me to my kind old mudder!
Dere let me live and die.
3rd Verse
One little hut among de bushes,
One dat I love
Still sadly to my memory rushes,
No matter where I rove.
When will I see de bees a-humming
All round de comb?
When will I hear de banjo strumming,
Down in my good old home?
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What in God’s name could California Liberals possibly have against Bob Hope?
say...there’s a Highland Park below my house and I’m in a southern state, reckon we could have the statue of the composer as a go along with our brand spanking new MAEEX tourist draw? Meridian Arts & Entertainment Exposition has cost us a bundle but our mayor,DEMOCRAT Percy Bland, is hoping this will get them coming off the Interstate again. Some of us feel a little less crime and cutting back the hordes of homeless Zombies might help keep taxpayers IN the city instead of accelerating the outer limits flight.
“They want to eventually turn this country into today’s South Africa. Start paying attention to what goes on there and see our future in the making.”
SA is over 80% black & just over 8% white. Tyranny of the majority. We’re not even close to that.
Now...what lefties would like to do America to is as you wrote but look to our universities for what happens when they are the ruling majority on campus.
The culture war has many battlefields but no clear victor as yet (defined as having the power to knock on doors & arrest those who disagree with the Left agenda).
Not there yet. And we the people are armed & arming up.
All Martin Luther King Street signs are racist and offensive
Everything is racist to racists. They are trying to erase history little by little so they can continue to rewrite it.
The rationale for the change is that the new name, Hollywood-Burbank Airport, gives it a sense of place. However, Bob Hope's patriotism and outspoken support for our country and its values flies in the face of today's liberal mindset, so you don't have to have a PhD from Cal Tech to diagnose the real reason that the name was changed. Had the airport been named for Jane Fonda or Alec Baldwin, you can bet your bottom buck that the name would never have been changed.
Foster was born July 4th, 1826.
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