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Protect 'subtle' intent of cherished sculpture

Published: April 27, 2009

The city of Grand Rapids Downtown Development Authority has agreed to provide $100,000 in funding to a private effort to create a statue of the late civil rights activist Rosa Parks, anticipated to be installed at the gateway to the sculpture installation created by renowned artist/sculptor/architect Maya Lin. It is neither the statue nor the expenditure at issue here, but that the city would continue to impugn a world-class work of art as though it were just another street corner.

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