The removal of the Thomas Fallon statue costs about $450,000 including barricades, shutting down a lane of traffic, jackhammering the foundation, lifting the statue with a crane, building two stabilizing steel transportable foundations with crates, transporting it to storage, cleanup and demolition.
The statue of former San Jose Mayor Thomas Fallon was taken down by city workers. The reputation of Fallon, a 19th Century mayor, has fallen as his role in the Mexican-American War has been re-evaluated. Critics call him a colonizer.After two years, work has finally started on removing a controversial San Jose monument.
Charlene Nijmeh, tribal chairwoman of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe, said it’s fantastic to see the city take action. Long seen as a symbol of colonial oppression, the statue was vandalized in 2020 following protests in the wake of George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police. "For the third time in three decades, debate over the Thomas Fallon Statue has reopened old wounds and deepened divides," Liccardo wrote in a blog post explaining his decision. "It’s time to move on."
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