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has generated considerable controversy ever since its installation. Its defenders cite the contemporary imagery and artistic expression as complementing an urban landscape, while opponents criticize what they decry as a clash with Penn
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also ridiculed the artwork, writing on August 26, 2007, "Patrons of art here paid $ 750,000 for a 51-foot sculpture ... that looks like
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