Schenley Park`s Columbus statue ‘erases history,` Pitt professor says
(World News USA)

18 minutes ago The Pittsburgh Art Commission held a special hearing Thursday to gather public comment on the future of the 62-year-old Christopher Columbus statue in Schenley Park. The statue has been the subject of debate as the city determines whether to remove or replace it. An online petition has garnered more than 14,000 signatures in support of its removal. Pittsburgh is not the only city having this discussion — monuments to the voyager inhabit more than 200 cities in the country. Boston, Buffalo and Los Angeles are among those that have decided to remove them. The Art Commission is considering one of four actions for Pittsburgh’s monument: removal, replacement, alteration...