Close to a year after a judge ruled that the Schenley Park Christopher Columbus statue could lawfully be removed, the statue remains in place. The monument has been covered over since 2020, but it has recently been sighted with large parts exposed.

“It seemed like more and more of it was being uncovered, and now, the last time I went by… it was kind of weird… almost like an executioner,” says Richard Varner of Wilkinsburg. “They put the hood over the head.”