change.org<\/a> to let it stay in the park permanently. She said in the description that the sculpture has brought her and many others a sense of pride and inspiration each time they pass by.<\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s not just a piece of art; it\u2019s a symbol of our community\u2019s identity, strength, and aspirations,\u201d Montijo wrote.<\/p>\n
Her online petition, which proposed a public hearing on the issue, had more than 300 signatures as of press time. Montijo also is gathering signatures in person.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen encountering nearly any resident and visitor, and asking if the Queens sculpture should remain at the intersection of MacDonald Park, people say yes and sometimes ask, \u2018Who wants to have it moved?\u2019\u201d Perlman said.<\/p>\n
But that\u2019s how it has to be, per a Parks spokesperson. The sculpture was approved as a temporary display \u2014 permanent installations must be selected through a juried process and lengthy review period, in compliance with the agency\u2019s guidelines and those of the city\u2019s Public Design Commission, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
The sculpture originally was permitted to be on view in MacDonald Park through Tuesday, but Ng was given an extra month to move it.<\/p>\n
He said he is working with Parks on next steps, but would be open to having it stay in its current home for good.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of people want it. In fact, a lot of the local elected officials want to keep it there,\u201d Ng said. \u201cI get texts and emails all the time, \u2018please keep it there.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Roughly 2,000 people attended a block party in the park March 8 to celebrate the sculpture\u2019s one-year anniversary.<\/p>\n
Advocates are set to gather in MacDonald Park in an effort to \u201csave the Queens sculpture\u201d March 22, from noon to 3 p.m.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a public park and a public sculpture that celebrates our diverse heritage, so I am hoping that the Parks Department and our elected officials will work with the public,\u201d Perlman said.<\/p>\n
Chris Barca, communications director for Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, said the BP has been a \u201cbig fan\u201d of the sculpture since its installation and thinks it should stay there temporarily, as talks about a suitable permanent location continue.<\/p>\n
City Councilmember Lynn Schulman (D-Forest Hills) has been working with Ng and Parks to honor the sculpture\u2019s importance while recognizing both parties\u2019 initial commitment to a temporary display, according to her office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Larry Ng\u2019s beloved \u201cQueens, The World\u2019s Borough\u201d sculpture still sits in all its red, white and blue glory…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4982,3945,3439,69014,10774,69012,69015,9,24,63,10649,122,124,123,69013],"class_list":["post-168262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-arts","tag-donovan-richards","tag-forest-hills","tag-larry-ng","tag-lynn-schulman","tag-macdonald-park","tag-michael-perlman","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-parks","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-queens-sculpture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}