[Northern]

I remember that incident. The pictures of the thing were just horrifying...and...it would have been something like 350 feet tall, probably visible from Ocean City. I think that the artist shopped around, trying to give it to several different places before it landed in Puerto Rico.

Here's that sucker:

http://columbus.vanderkrogt.net/wi/catano.html

 

[Northern]

Zurab Tsereteli is the world-famous artist behind it. Some of his work (often questionable in taste) seems to duplicate creative ideas from one sculpture to another (see below):

Complete listing of his works:
http://www.tsereteli.ru/eng/g.php

"To the Struggle Against World Terrorism" monument. Bronze, 30m high. Bayonne, New Jersey (U.S.A):

Monument "Peter the Great" (96m high) Moscow, Russia... hmm Columbus? hno: