Moving the Waving Girl statue

In the Savannah Morning News for October 9, 2014 there is an interesting  up-date on Richard Kessler's new hotel to be built on the site of the old power plant of SEPCO at the west end of River street near where it intersects with the northern terminus of MLK Blvd.  The River walk on Rousakis plaza will be extended along the river past MLK Blvd.  This will enhance the whole area in the vicinity of  the hotel.  Would it be possible to move the statue of the Waving Girl from its present location on the east end of River street to  the west end, near where the new developments are taking place? In its present location its visibility is obscured by trees and vegetation, and it can barely be seen from the river.  The statue is indeed a Savannah treasure, but it might as well be a buried treasure. The Savannah Site and Monument Commission, I am told, is against elevating the statue so that it can be seen, but is not averse to moving it.   Placed at the west end on the river, where new developments are taking place, it could be seen by passing ships, by River street traffic, and even by Hutchinson Island.
     What do you think?

Waving Girl Poem

 

THE WAVING GIRL

 

There were many girls when I sailed the seas,

How many I now forget.
But the girl I remember most of all
Is the girl I never met.

I saw her first after months at sea,

When our ship had crossed the bar
She stood there on the light-house deck
A vision viewed from afar.
 

Then she waved a scarf or bandana,

Her faithful dog at her knee,
And I a home-sick sailor felt
Her welcome was just for me.
 

For years I sailed in and out that port

and she was always there
With a scarf by day and a lamp by night
To show to really did care.

 

Yes, there were many girls in many ports,

Some fair, some not, and yet
The girl I remember most of all
Is the girl I never met.

                          Edward T. Brennan, Poet Laureate,

                          Hibernian Society of Savannah

 

Waving Girl Visibility

 

http://savannahnow.com/exchange/2014-04-24/waving-girl-coming-out-shadows

 

http://savannahnow.com/exchange/2014-08-07/putting-waving-girl-pedestal

Waving Girl

This blog concerns the Waving Girl statue on River Street.  The statue is at ground level,  and has become obscured by vegetation, so it can barely be viewed from the river. Proposals havee been made to improve its visibility, such at placing it on a pedestal or column or moving  to another location. If you have any ideas, please share them.