Seeing as it's the silly season and all that...
A few weeks ago, there was a discussion on here about what should replace it. I had a cousin home from Manchester recently and he is heavily involved in the arty side of things in Manchester. He's even provided one major installation in Manchester city centre, himself. I hope you'll forgive me though because I won't identify him (or it) as it wouldn't be fair to do so without his consent.
Anyway, the gist of it is that he reckons that not very many people in the Manchester arts community will be sorry to see the thing go. The B of the Bang was designed by the stadium architect (he did name him but well, you know how it is when cousins are home in the pub in Ireland and... ergo, the memory goes). This architect had no hand, act or part in its installation or upkeep (which does explain bits of it dropping off, I suppose).
So, mindful of the recent thread on here, I asked what the city had planned to replace it.
"Unfortunately, nothing," he said.
"Well, the City fans would love something City (or at least, football) related," I said.
"Well, the council won't be paying for anything on that scale for the foreseeable future," he assured me.
Therefore, we can reasonably conclude that, unless the club sponsor something, we won't be seeing anything on that spot for a while.
Just thought I'd let y'all know.
PS: Does this actually qualify me as an ITK on something? Please say yes. I've always wanted to be an ITK...
A few weeks ago, there was a discussion on here about what should replace it. I had a cousin home from Manchester recently and he is heavily involved in the arty side of things in Manchester. He's even provided one major installation in Manchester city centre, himself. I hope you'll forgive me though because I won't identify him (or it) as it wouldn't be fair to do so without his consent.
Anyway, the gist of it is that he reckons that not very many people in the Manchester arts community will be sorry to see the thing go. The B of the Bang was designed by the stadium architect (he did name him but well, you know how it is when cousins are home in the pub in Ireland and... ergo, the memory goes). This architect had no hand, act or part in its installation or upkeep (which does explain bits of it dropping off, I suppose).
So, mindful of the recent thread on here, I asked what the city had planned to replace it.
"Unfortunately, nothing," he said.
"Well, the City fans would love something City (or at least, football) related," I said.
"Well, the council won't be paying for anything on that scale for the foreseeable future," he assured me.
Therefore, we can reasonably conclude that, unless the club sponsor something, we won't be seeing anything on that spot for a while.
Just thought I'd let y'all know.
PS: Does this actually qualify me as an ITK on something? Please say yes. I've always wanted to be an ITK...