Submitted by TrafficSNAFU t3_11dj91e in jerseycity
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.
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.
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.
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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