Cleveland to finally construct a monument to Superman   
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Long recognized as the birthplace of Superman, Cleveland may  at long last get a statue commemorating the creation of the Man of  Steel.
According to 
The Cleveland Plain Dealer,  plans are under way to erect a 12-foot burnished-steel statue of  Superman near the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, about five  miles from the house where teenagers Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster  dreamed up the superhero in the early 1930s.
Sculpted by  David Deming, whos been working on the project for nearly seven years,  Superman will be mounted atop a 30- to 35-foot pedestal, with smaller,  life-size statues of Siegel, Shuster and Lois Lane model Joanne Siegel  looking up at him.
Expected to cost about $1 million, the  statue will be financed through private donations made to the new  nonprofit Superman Statue LLC established by developer Richard Pace, a  founding member of the Siegel and Shuster Society, and others. Deming  told the newspaper that once the funding is in place, itll take about a  year to create the statue and pedestal.
According to  Pace and Irving Fine, also a founding member of the Siegel and Shuster  Society (and a cousin of Siegels), both families support the project;  Warner Bros. and DC Comics are aware of the statue plans and have raised  no objections. Joanne Siegel was shown photos of the prototype by  daughter Laura Siegel before 
her death in February 2011.
She  was delighted and it brought tears to her eyes that her long-held wish  of a statue in Cleveland honoring Superman and his creators was going to  become a reality, Laura told the Plain Dealer. She was deeply touched  and honored that her likeness will be included.
Supermans  creation is currently commemorated in Cleveland with a historical  marker in the Glenville neighborhood where Siegel and Shuster lived, a  sign outside of the Siegel house on Kimberly Avenue, a tribute fence  surrounding the former home of Shuster, and a permanent exhibit at  Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. Ohio also offers a Superman  license plate.