The bronze statue of a little girl offering water from a basin atop a stone structure had been missing from Lincoln Park for almost 60 years.
On Wednesday, a new version of the statue, known as Fountain Girl, was officially welcomed back by the Chicago Park District during an unveiling ceremony at the gateway to the park just east of the Chicago History Museum.
The original 4-1/2-foot-tall Fountain Girl disappeared in a crime that remains unsolved.
Several years ago, a woman who remembered playing near the statue as a girl approached officials and asked how the statue could be brought back. In 2007, private donors including that woman — who has requested anonymity — along with the Park District, the state and the Lincoln Park Conservancy started an effort to raise money for a new statue.
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