June 27, 2020

On TV 26: Goodbye, Columbus ~ from hero to villain

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Last week the iconic 2 ton statue of Christopher Columbus by sculptor Vittorio Colbertaldo was removed from the pedestal where it has stood in front of Coit Tower at the top of Telegraph Hill in San Francisco.     


photos by Styrous®





When I was a kid I was absolutely positive, no question at all, it was a statue of my hero, Superman (link below).      









Over the years the statue had been vandalized many times but in the week previous to its removal it had been defaced, no pun intended, three times.




According to protestors, it was doused in red paint, symbolizing spilt blood, as an act of protest against the glorification of a man responsible for ushering in an era of exploitation and slaughter of Indigenous peoples by European colonizers.     


The restoration cost about $70,000.        




 


There was a flyer circulating on social media that encouraged people to march to Coit Tower to take it down and throw it into the bay, so, the city decided to remove it for the public's safety. It is one of many statues around the country to be removed or destroyed due to racial issues (links below).       






Goodbye, Columbus!
         
         
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Styrous® ~ Saturday, June 27, 2020       
















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