Queens Chronicle Residents of Ozone Park and Howard Beach tend to be familiar with one of the area’s most conspicuous oddities, the greas...

From the NY Post : The state is designating the Columbus monument at Columbus Circle as a landmark — in case the city tries to move it in ...

From NBC : A city commission has decided to keep a controversial statue of Christopher Columbus that stands in Columbus Circle, officials...

From PIX11 : The future of New York City’s controversial monuments was the topic of conversation Friday at Queens Borough Hall where for ...

From NBC : Organizers of one Columbus Day Parade in New York City have uninvited Mayor de Blasio after he ordered a review of controversi...

From CBS 2 : The members of the commission are: Co-Chairs Darren Walker President of the Ford Foundation; longtime leader...

From Eyewitness News : "Don't Honor Genocide" was spray painted in blue paint on the monument of Christopher Columbus in Que...

The controversial pink sculpture planned for the median at the intersection of Jackson Avenue and 43rd Avenue is about to go up, according t...

From Pix11 : ...what will become of the empty space at Queens Borough Hall? The city and the office of the Queens Borough President is co...

From LIC Post : The Department of Cultural Affairs is close to erecting a bright pink, 8 ½ feet tall sculpture on Jackson Avenue. The ar...

From the Forum : Time has not put a damper on the fight to bring Civic Virtue back to Kew Gardens and advocates said they were planning a ...

From the NY Times : Rededicated in Battery Park in Lower Manhattan on March 11, 2002, as New York City’s interim memorial, the “Sphere” h...

George The Atheist passed along these updated photos of Doughboy Park. A more respectful paint job. It hasn't all been restored, bu...

From the Daily News : The controversial Triumph of Civic Virtue statue may be long gone from Queens Boulevard but some local activists are...

From the Daily News : Jacob Riis, the muckraking journalist who championed reforms for the poorest New Yorkers at the turn of the century,...

From the Daily News : The Triumph of Civic Virtue, the controversial Queens statue that has divided local lawmakers and residents for deca...

Editorial from the Queens Chronicle : It’s a shame that “The Triumph of Civic Virtue,” the 1920 statue by famed sculptor Frederick MacMonn...

The above video is from July 19, 2012 . There was also a press conference February 25, 2011 calling for the removal of the statue and a s...

From DNA Info : Borough President Helen Marshall is pushing to replace a controversial statue on Queens Boulevard with a public plaza to h...