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Public Sculpture Commission seeks council support to relocate Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt memorial
Summary
The newly formed Public Sculpture Commission presented plans to move the Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Memorial from Broadway to a spot in front of Empire Tea & Coffee on Bellevue Avenue and asked the council for endorsement; commissioners noted both support and opposition during outreach.
The Newport Public Sculpture Commission asked the City Council to endorse a plan to move the Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Memorial from its current Broadway location to a site in front of Empire Tea & Coffee on Bellevue Avenue.
Federico Santi, chair of the commission, reviewed the memorial’s history and its damaged condition, saying years of vandalism and disconnected plumbing have left the fountain inoperable.…
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