Police keep watch after the statue of Christopher Columbus was removed by the city at Arrigo Park in Chicago's Little Italy neighborhood on July 24, 2020. Abel Uribe / Chicago Tribune ...

Most Chicago aldermen are praising Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s decision to remove two Columbus statues. But not all are on board for the permanent removal of the statues.

Chicago city officials temporarily removed two statues of Christopher Columbus early Friday, a week after protesters and police clashed at one of the monuments ...

CHICAGO — One year ago this week, a clash over a monument in Grant Park prompted Chicago’s mayor to remove three Christopher Columbus statues that had been on display for decades. Mayor Lori ...

CHICAGO (CBS)--After protests, demonstrations and violent clashes with police, Chicago's Christopher Columbus statues have been removed from both Grant Park and Arrigo Park.CBS 2's Marissa Parra ...

The statues were removed in the middle of the night. ... Christopher Columbus statue is being removed from the Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. July 24, 2020.

Concerned about the secretive process that culminated in the decision to place 41 statues under the microscope, Ald. Brendan Reilly plans to introduce an ordinance that opens a new front in the ...

Chicago’s two Christopher Columbus statues were taken down under the cover of darkness early Friday after violent clashes broke out ... one statue was removed in the Windy City’s Grant ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Christopher Columbus statues in Grant Park and Little Italy were removed Friday morning. The Grant Park statue started to come down at around 3:15 a.m. After that, it didn't take ...

A Chicago advisory committee on monuments has recommended that 41 statues, plaques and other honors around the city be removed, including three statues of Christopher Columbus.. The committee was ...

A Chicago panel recommended the city's three Christopher Columbus statues be permanently removed, and that the city consider altering or removing around 40 other monuments.

Last summer, the city temporarily removed three statues of Columbus – one in Grant Park, one in Arrigo Park in Little Italy, and one at 93rd Street and Exchange Avenue in South Chicago.