On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 13:26:25 +0100, "MrBlueSkye" dsl.pipex.com>
wrote:
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>"Dave Budd" manchester.ac.ku> wrote in message
>news:MPG.225c23259bae1c25989945@news.individual.net...
>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?
>
>Lets hope they are going to insert them in the aforesaid "digitaries"
>bottoms.
>
We drove past today. Didn't have chance to grab a pic though. It looks
like several more points have been chopped off.
