DOIT Team Meeting with Residents - 05-21-2026

2026

Material: Bronze.

Cast in Oslo, Norway (Largest cast bronze statue since the Renaissance period).

The statue was commissioned in 1955 for an original cost of $58,000.

  • Originally dedicated in 1958.

Location
The Woodward Avenue entrance of the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center in Detroit, Michigan.

Dimensions

  • The statue sits on a 60-ton marble slab.
  • Dimensions: 16-feet high, arm-span of 22 feet and weight of 9 tons.

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Material: Bronze.

Cast in Oslo, Norway (Largest cast bronze statue since the Renaissance period).


The statue was commissioned in 1955 for an original cost of $58,000.

Originally dedicated in 1958.

 

Location

  • The Woodward Avenue entrance of the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center in Detroit, Michigan.

 

Dimensions

  • The statue sits on a 60-ton marble slab.

  • Backdrop: 36 by 45 foot Vermont marble backdrop.

  • Dimensions: 16-feet high, arm-span of 22 feet and weight of 9 tons.