UPDATE:
The sculpture, known as In Variete Concordia (origami cranes) is secure and in the city possession. Â There is currently a plan to place these sculptures at the Orpheum Theatre. As you can see though from reading the minutes that it seems all that remains is the Birds. The frames must have gotten damaged.
This plan was considered at the 2-1-2017 Orpheum Theatre Advisory Board of Directors meeting. Â The minutes of that meetings are available here: (DOC:Â 02-01-17-orpheum-mins-1)
It seems like the Statue of David, once a piece of public art is moved for construction projects it will take several years and some needling to get the city to pull it out of storage. I believe the city paid over $30K for the original sculpture. It was placed in storage after Stockwell Engineers bought the land to build their ugly rectangle building on Falls Park Drive. While I may be indifferent on my opinion of the piece, I do like it’s uniqueness and could fit in well within any park in Sioux Falls or public space.
My suggestion would be to place it in the refurbished Van Eps park on the East border facing West. Speaking of Van Eps, drive by sometime. It looks like the city had NO CHOICE in refurbishing Van Eps since the construction of the UNNEEDED and GROSSLY EXPENSIVE Romantix Annex Administration Building, they are using the park for a place to store piles of dirt.
Either way, curious just what are the plans for the Sculpture.