After a four-year journey, an Italian-American immigrant family landed in Wooster Square Park on Monday, pointing to both the past and the future. The family — representing the Italian-American immigrants who settled in New Haven a century ago and transformed Wooster Square into the city’s Little Italy — is depicted in a solid bronze statue entitled “Indicando la via al futuro,” or “Pointing the way to the future.” 

Volunteers installed the statue near the park’s Chapel Street border to replace a statue of Christopher Columbus that stood on the spot from 1892 until its removal amid violent protests in June 2020.