Block of Sixth Street will be closed for sculpture removal Monday

Sixth Street between Jefferson and Madison streets will be closed beginning at 7 a.m. Monday.The closure is in place in order to dismantle and remove the 31-foot-tall “Return Visit” statue in front of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.The sculpture by Seward Johnson has stood at the northeast corner of Sixth and Jefferson for the last year-and-a-half.The sidewalk between Sixth Street and the museum also will be closed.The closures […]