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After a day of wrangling, South Philly Columbus statue to stay covered — for now, court rules

A late-night Commonwealth Court decision vacated an earlier decision Saturday by a Common Pleas Court judge to allow the plywood box to be immediately removed from the statue on Marconi Plaza.

Christopher Marinello (left), former State Sen. Vince Fumo and Don Sabatini, president of the Philadelphia chapter of UNICO, eat pizza while awaiting a Commonwealth Court ruling Saturday night on whether the plywood box encasing the Christopher Columbus statue behind them could be removed. The court ruled it must remain on for now.
Christopher Marinello (left), former State Sen. Vince Fumo and Don Sabatini, president of the Philadelphia chapter of UNICO, eat pizza while awaiting a Commonwealth Court ruling Saturday night on whether the plywood box encasing the Christopher Columbus statue behind them could be removed. The court ruled it must remain on for now.Read moreELIZABETH ROBERTSON / Staff Photographer