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Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011
Sculptures stolen from park to be replaced
The city of Columbia will replace three bronze sculptures stolen from Maxcy Gregg Park on Blossom Street near Five Points, city manager Steve Gantt said.
The three sculptures, representing a man, woman and child, have been missing since November, city officials said. The mother and father have been found, Gantt said, but the child is still missing.
And it isn’t the first time they’ve been stolen, he said. Pieces from the work, installed as part of a cancer survivor’s garden, also went missing in 2004.
The three sculptures, representing a man, woman and child, have been missing since November, city officials said. The mother and father have been found, Gantt said, but the child is still missing.
And it isn’t the first time they’ve been stolen, he said. Pieces from the work, installed as part of a cancer survivor’s garden, also went missing in 2004.
“They are bronze, which is part copper, and people take them to try to get the copper,” Gantt said.
The city manager speculated that it would cost $5,000 to $6,000 to repair and replace the two recovered figures. “But we don’t really know” the cost of replacing the child.
The $1 million cancer survivor’s garden was erected in 2004. It was a project of the Cultural Council of Richland & Lexington Counties, which had received a $500,000 grant from the Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Foundation. Bloch, co-founder of the H&R Block tax preparation company, is a cancer survivor whose foundation is helping pay for similar gardens across the country.
The little girl was stolen only a few months after the park was dedicated, and later found in some weeds near Memorial Park in the Vista. At the time, the little girl’s sculpture was valued at $8,000.
The city manager speculated that it would cost $5,000 to $6,000 to repair and replace the two recovered figures. “But we don’t really know” the cost of replacing the child.
The $1 million cancer survivor’s garden was erected in 2004. It was a project of the Cultural Council of Richland & Lexington Counties, which had received a $500,000 grant from the Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Foundation. Bloch, co-founder of the H&R Block tax preparation company, is a cancer survivor whose foundation is helping pay for similar gardens across the country.
The little girl was stolen only a few months after the park was dedicated, and later found in some weeds near Memorial Park in the Vista. At the time, the little girl’s sculpture was valued at $8,000.
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