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A day after city workers covered up a statue of Christopher Columbus in South Philadelphia, crews made similar moves Wednesday morning on a 106-foot-tall Columbus monument along the Delaware River. On Thursday, they added signs inviting the public to write on the painted-over boards with chalk.

Delaware River Waterfront Corporation workers board up the bottom of the Christopher Columbus monument at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. The corporation, which maintains the monument, is covering up the bottom until the end of a public feedback process to determine whether it should be removed.
Delaware River Waterfront Corporation workers board up the bottom of the Christopher Columbus monument at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. The corporation, which maintains the monument, is covering up the bottom until the end of a public feedback process to determine whether it should be removed.Read moreTIM TAI / Staff Photographer
    by Tim Tai
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