On July 30, the City of Philadelphia announced a winner in the Sadie T.M. Alexander statue contest.
The statue of the trailblazing attorney and economist will stand in front of the Municipal Services Building, not far from where another monument — former Mayor Frank Rizzo’s likeness — once stood. The winning entry of five (see the July 10 Chestnut Hill Local article “Five artists vie to honor trailblazing lawyer,” by Kristin Holmes) was created by sculptor Vinnie Bagwell, and is titled, “The First Lady of the Law: Sadie Tanner Mossell …
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On July 30, the City of Philadelphia announced a winner in the Sadie T.M. Alexander statue contest.
The statue of the trailblazing attorney and economist will stand in front of the Municipal Services Building, not far from where another monument — former Mayor Frank Rizzo’s likeness — once stood. The winning entry of five (see the July 10 Chestnut Hill Local article “Five artists vie to honor trailblazing lawyer,” by Kristin Holmes) was created by sculptor Vinnie Bagwell, and is titled, “The First Lady of the Law: Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander.”