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- ↑ [Riverwalk honors history] March 7, 2012 Tampa Bay Times
- ↑ "Al López, (sculpture)". Save Outdoor Sculpture!. Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture. 1993. Retrieved 11 May 2011.