An outdoor 2006

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statue of Irv Kupcinet by Preston Jackson is installed in

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, in the

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. It is located on the sidewalk of

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near its intersection with Wabash Avenue, just steps from the

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. The left hand of the sculpture gestures in the direction of

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across the

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