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FloatingWeight t1_ja9onst wrote

Didn’t expect a playground, that’s nice

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TrafficSNAFU OP t1_ja8x4xj wrote

I was just there a week or two ago and it is coming along nicely.

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objectimpermanence t1_jaarqqe wrote

Did anyone else notice all the rats that came out at night when they dug up the ground around the statue? I think they disturbed a nest or something.

Another case of Fulop pushing out long-time residents to advance his agenda, smh. /s

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Rogue-Journalist t1_jaaw5wb wrote

It wasn't an eviction, the family was forced to move because of the tax hikes.

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red__what t1_ja9rmjg wrote

I have been there and this is great. They have bollards to keep cars out too.

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mageaux t1_jaa5xe6 wrote

Hope they replant those trees in front of the Starbucks. Looks like a desolate wasteland now.

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evm2103 t1_jabk42v wrote

Anyone else walk by everyday to get to the path and avoid the path elevator entrance to get to the other entrance?

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BeMadTV t1_jac2lc3 wrote

I always avoid the elevator entrance unless I'm on crutches.

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jotjotzzz t1_jaclqgg wrote

This place will be done before the WholeFoods.

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activeForce t1_ja97x4d wrote

This color again. The one on Newark avenue looked so dirty just a few days after it was finished

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Successful_Pen_2387 t1_jaaynio wrote

Was a good time to move the statue towards to water or along a bit. It would be nice to have more space there.

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Fozziebear3 t1_jab13ei wrote

Fulop himself almost got bayoneted for trying to move it in the past. Don’t think he’d try again at this point. Interesting story.

https://time.com/5912853/katyn-monument/

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Successful_Pen_2387 t1_jab1v16 wrote

Yeah after what Russia has been up to since it seems even more relevant. Just the people who complained didn't actually live here which makes it more annoying.

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lmn82688 t1_jae0zwd wrote

There was a plan to move it either out of the plaza entirely into its own park or down closer to the water/out of the flow of traffic, and a local group sued to stop it. They argued many things, the most interesting of which was that the artist's original intent placed it exactly where it is now due to how the sun sets across the river. There are actually laws out there that prevent the removal of statues if such removal would ruin the artist's original intent for the statue. The local group obviously won the argument...and I know because I was one of the attorneys who did the research and wrote the briefs for this very case.

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joecamel816 t1_jac640y wrote

The playground is crazy tall. I’d be kind of nervous to let my kid go on top of that thing.

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whybother5000 t1_jacfep0 wrote

Stabby statue seems rather timely in light of Russian atrocities in Ukraine. Maybe can amend the statue to say Ukraine 2022.

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