Attention, citizens: RoboCop is officially on patrol.
After nearly 15 years of planning, casting, fits, starts, snags and delays, Detroit’s RoboCop statue is upright at Eastern Market.
The 3,500-pound bronze sculpture by George Gikas and his Venus Bronze Works was erected atop a 1,500-pound base on Wednesday, Dec. 3, along Russell Street south of Mack Avenue. It was a smooth four-hour effort at the end of a bumpy road Brandon Walley couldn’t have imagined before he traveled it…