DNAino.com reports that after a year long renovation of Grand Army Plaza, the fences have been removed, and the plaza has reopened. In the center of the paza rests the gold-leafed General William Tecumseh Sherman sculpture that has been under cover this past year as well.
As reported, "The renovation was a major undertaking," Elizabeth Kaledin, a spokeswoman for the Conservancy said. In addition to the structural improvements to the plaza, conservators have also applied new gold leafing and a protective coat of wax to the iconic statue, made in memory of Gen. Sherman, who ushered the end of the Civil War by taking Atlanta.
Trees in the plaza that were lost during the 2011 snowstorm have also been replaced with a double row of London planetrees, which is consistent with the plaza's original design, Kaledin said.
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