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A new Wellington Webb sculpture now stands at the Denver building named after him

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Former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb at the dedication and unveiling of a statue of Webb, in the building that already bears his name, on March 6, 2022.

There is now a sculpture of Denver's first Black mayor, Wellington Webb. It was unveiled this month. Webb began the job in in 1991. A foundation -- headed by his wife -- commissioned the bronze likeness – which is at the Webb municipal building downtown.