..this just out from AP;
NEW YORK (AP) — The sculptor of Wall Street's "Charging Bull" statue is accusing New York City of violating his legal rights by allowing the "Fearless Girl" statue to be installed facing the bronze beast, without his permission.
Attorney Norman Siegel told The Associated Press that Arturo Di Modica will explain at a news conference Wednesday exactly how he's challenging city officials who issued a permit for the bronze girl to stay until February. Siegel said he's demanding that the city release documents showing what procedures were followed.
Maybe a better argument needed here huh (?):
Di Modica had installed the massive bronze in front of the New York Stock Exchange after the 1987 stock market crash, without a permit in the middle of the night — as a symbol of America's financial resilience. The city eventually responded to the public clamoring for the artwork to be allowed to remain in the Financial District, steps from Wall Street.
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The Sculptor wants ‘Fearless Girl’ removed:
NEW YORK (AP) — The sculptor of Wall Street's "Charging Bull" statue on Wednesday demanded the removal of the "Fearless Girl" statue that's faced off against the bull since last month.
Arturo Di Modica said his 11-foot-tall bull is supposed to represent "freedom in the world, peace, strength, power and love" but "Fearless Girl" has turned his work's message into something negative
Wall Street symbol representing freedom in the world ..hmm..and peace & love...
..attorneys sent letters requesting the girl's removal to Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio and the CEOs of State Street and its advertising firm, McCann Worldgroup.
De Blasio responded on Twitter that men who don't like women taking up space
"are exactly why we need 'Fearless Girl.'"
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— Mayor Bill deBlasio nailed that one
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... and the more forceful actions targeting ‘Fearless Girl” ...the stronger she becomes :)