[2] The Royal Theatre, where Holiday performed, originally stood diagonally opposite the statue.

[2] Disputes over the rising costs of the work led to Reid eventually distancing himself from the piece.

[2] Holiday is depicted in a strapless evening gown wearing her signature gardenias in her braided hair.

[1] The sculpture was completed in 2009 with the addition of bronze relief panels depicting events in the African-American struggle for civil rights.

[1] These panels had been rejected as too controversial at the time of the statue's unveiling in 1985, and their creation had been approved with additional funding of $76,000 in 2007.