Billie Holiday Statue Restoration Project
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In 2007, Baltimore singer Ruby Glover and artist James Earl Reid asked the city for the funds to restore the Billie Holiday statue located at 1400 Pennsylvania Avenue. Later that year Mrs. Glover passed away at the age of 77. However, the project appears to be in motion today, with a new pedestal and park landscape in place, the plaza across from the royal theatre marquee is ready for Holiday to take her monumental stance. The only thing missing is Billie herself. The statue has been removed for renovation and it’s return date is unknown by this author.
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Reid, who sculpted the original statue in the early 1980s, will go back to work on the piece, adding detail to the face and placing it on a pedestal, Glover said. The pedestal may be rigged to play Holiday’s music as well, so people sitting in the nearby garden can indulge in her sound.