>From manchester confidential
>(http://www.manchesterconfidential.com/index.asp?
>sessionx=IpqiNwB6IlAiKaqiNwF6IHqi)
>
>Britain?s tallest free standing artwork at 700m (or 2300ft), the work of
>engineer/sculptor Tom Heatherwick, is to be ?got rid of?. It has
>dominated the East Manchester skyline since the Commonwealth Games of
>2002 and was originally called S of the Steroids signifying the moment
>when the muscle building drug kicked in. Sculptures of Sir Richard
>Leese, Sir Howard Bernstein and Councillor Pat Karney will be fashioned
>from the metal residue and placed on the Town Hall. At Christmas they
>will be decorated like the former inflatable Father Christmases.
>
>
>OK OK It's an April 1st thang, but they /are/ doing something to the
>rust-star, some of the pointy ends seem to have been taken off.
>Anybody know?