At a celebrity-studded banquet in honor of Star Tribune sports columnist Sid Hartman's 90th birthday, plans were announced for a statue of the sports media legend in downtown Minneapolis. MinnPost's David Brauer took a look at how a likeness of Hartman will fit into the collection of recognizable faces in bronze around downtown.
"This got me thinking: who is honored with a statue in downtown Minneapolis?
"Obviously, the traditional concept involves heroes, inordinately defined as politicians and generals. Those categories were always too narrow. But downtown's sculpture garden is starkly different: future civilizations would correctly discern our priorities�sports and pop culture."
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