I got a shock when I was walking around town the other day. What did they just do?
So I snapped it with my phone and I was about to write about how the Lego men of Newcastle’s Haymarket, and my blog banner, were being demolished.
But then it turns out they’re just taking a break.
While digging around and trying to follow the whole timeline of the less than popular sculptures, there was suggestions that they’d see out their days in Exhibition Park. But apparently not. They’re coming back.
However, I was concerned that I had bestowed bad luck upon them. Maybe their demolition, albeit temporary, is the Our Man blog curse. Let’s hope Ho Chi Minh’s tomb and Conventino San Francisco fair better.
* Found the pic below while Googling around. Yes everything does look better in black and white. For non British people - it’s a football thing. Pic found here.
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September 6, 2007 at 10:09 am
minxlj
Ahh, what? I got excited cos I thought they were demolishing them. Snazzy new building at the Haymarket being built and those ugly things won’t fit in!
I’ve gotten used to them over the years, but they’re still damn ugly ;-)
September 6, 2007 at 10:13 am
ourmanwhere
I’ve decided I like them. The controversy surrounding them I think has actually made me warm to them.
While not defending their cost or even the decision to put them there I now think they’ve kind of grown into their new home.
I say paint them black and white permanently. They can’t get any uglier.
September 10, 2007 at 1:01 pm
minxlj
True - to be honest there are uglier installations and even uglier buildings in the town. I just think they jar so badly with the beautiful period buildings opposite (the old Grand Hotel) and the church/cathedral, and even the war memorial they are built around; they don’t fit at all. They don’t look so bad compared to the Civic Centre, so maybe they should have been used as a barrier there! (I just took some pics of the God of the Tyne water sculpture there, will have to get them up on Flickr)