ALBANY — After almost a century rooted to one spot atop a plinth in front of City Hall, Major Gen. Philip Schuyler has gone mobile for at least the second time in two weeks.
The bronze and well-weathered statue was spotted on Interstate 90 near Everett Road around 1:40 p.m. Friday headed westbound strapped to a flatbed much like the one that carried it away from its previous perch the morning of June 10.
It was not clear where the statue was headed Friday afternoon.
As it was being hauled away from City Hall earlier this month, Mayor Kathy Sheehan said the statue would be placed in storage at a facility that would remain unidentified because of the controversy surrounding its removal. Schuyler was a significant military and political figure in the Revolutionary era, but also one of the Capital Region’s most prodigious enslavers of Black people.
Sheehan’s chief of staff, David Galin, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday. An Albany County spokeswoman said it was not taking possession of the statue or involved in transporting it anywhere. Sheehan has previously said its next home could be determined by an Albany Monument Commission, although that entity doesn’t exist yet; the mayor’s proposal creating it is currently before the City Council for consideration.
Sheehan has said one possible location was Academy Park, just a few steps from the statue’s former home.
If you spot the Schuyler statue at any time — on the highway, stashed in your neighbor’s backyard or perhaps taking in a show at SPAC — please snap a picture and send it to the Times Union at [email protected].
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