Chicago Park District announces deal over Columbus statues lawsuit

Chicago Park District announces deal over Columbus statues lawsuit – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo

Columbus Statues Not Returning To Grant, Arrigo Parks After City Deal With Italian American Group

The Columbus statue removed from Arrigo Park will be loaned to an Italian American group and it will be replaced by a monument to a Chicagoan with Italian roots. Grant Park's Columbus statue will be replaced by new art.

Chicago Park District announces deal over Columbus statues lawsuit

The Chicago Park District announced Thursday they reached a deal to end a lawsuit brought over the removal of Christopher Columbus statues from city parks during 2020 protests. The city will loan the small Columbus statue removed from Arrigo Park in July 2020 to the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans, which is developing a museum honoring Italian immigrants in the city’s Little Italy neighborhood, according to a Park District news releas…

Columbus statue removed from Arrigo Park going to Italian-American group

The statue will be indefinitely “loaned” to the Joint Civic Committee for Italian Americans for display at a building on Taylor Street.

City, Park District Reach Settlement Agreement with Civic Committee of Italian Americans to Transfer Possession of Columbus Statue; Announce Plas to Engage Community to Commission New Statue for Arrigo Park

The Chicago Park District announces an agreement has been reached between the Chicago Park District, the City of Chicago and the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans (JCCIA) to resolve litigation over the removal of a Christopher Columbus statue from Arrigo Park in July 2020. The City, as the owner of the statue, will loan it to the JCCIA to display inside a building in Chicago that the JCCIA is redeveloping pursuant to the terms of the se…