SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/BCN) — A statue of the late San Francisco mayor Ed Lee was unveiled Thursday by the Golden State Warriors and Chase Middle to honor and bear in mind him for his imaginative and prescient and management within the building of the brand new area alongside the town’s storied waterfront.
The statue was unveiled at The Gatehouse at Thrive Metropolis on what would have been Lee’s seventieth birthday. He died whereas in workplace in December 2017.
The total-figure bronze sculpture depicts Lee smiling and holding a basketball, sitting on the steps of Thrive Metropolis’s Gatehouse, which faces Chase Middle.
Lee’s self-described legacy challenge throughout his tenure as mayor was the development of the brand new area.
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The statue was sculpted in moist clay by artists Jonah Hendrickson and Deborah Samia at their studio in Alameda. It was solid in bronze on the Artwork Works Foundry in Berkeley.
“A few of my earliest recollections embrace going to Warriors video games with my dad,” mentioned Tania Lee, Lee’s daughter. “He had such a love for basketball and this staff. Our household is extremely honored that the Warriors have chosen to memorialize him with this stunning sculpture right here at Chase Middle.”
“Mayor Lee beloved the Warriors and what they meant to our metropolis extra than simply about anybody I do know,” mentioned Mayor London Breed. “He led with compassion and humility and had the imaginative and prescient to understand how essential it was to construct Chase Middle. With the completion of this statue, his legacy will endlessly stay on at Chase Middle and with our beloved staff.”
