ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The City of Rochester's Frederick Douglass statues are making their way back to public display. The statues were originally created for the city's 2018 “Year of Douglass” celebration. By 2023, the city said they'd already stood for two years longer than originally planned. Some were damaged by exposure to the elements, others were vandalized. "They were supposed to be temporary, but they were so popular we couldn't bring them in," Rochester Mayor Malik Evans said Wednesday. "But we had to. The hands started breaking off. The weather, this is the northeast guys. We had to keep that in mind." Artist Olivia Kim led repairs and restorations to the Douglass statues over the past year. The city acquired 10 of her original 14 statues and plans to install them at a variety of indoor locations. Evans announced the return of four of the statues Wednesday: one in the Rundel Memorial Library Building, another in the Loretta C. Scott Center for Human Services, another in Aqueduct Park, and a fourth coming soon to Rochester City Hall. According to Evans, six statues need further repairs and will be installed at a later date. Evans said the Aqueduct Park statue would be the only one to remain outdoors due to its proximity to the historic Talman Building on East Main Street, where Frederick Douglass edited and published his newspaper, The North Star.