Monumental madness.

The article talks about the neglected state of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Manhattan, New York. Issues discussed are threat of demolition of the monument, the program of cultural grievance and redress pursued by then New York City Mayor Bill de Blaso, and the denouncement of efforts at new memorialization including a sculpture of women's rights activists Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the replacement of the gynecologist J. Marion Sims statue with a counter-monument.