The Bruce Lee Foundation along with a memorabilia collector are joining forces to rally support for a Bruce Lee statue in San Francisco.
They hope to honor the martial arts legend in the so-called living room of Chinatown, Portsmouth Square.
“When I helped to create a special plaque in 1998 honoring Bruce’s birth at Chinese Hospital, people would comment that SF Chinatown needs something much bigger than a plaque,” Jeff Chinn said to SFGATE. “That’s when I [started] thinking about a statue.”
The plague at the hospital marks the location of Lee’s birth. A statue would be an even more public display of the city’s ties to the actor.
Lee remains an iconic figure 50 years after his death.
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