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the lost city - a mega sculpture for East Anglia

This Guardian article discusses a major initiative to create a scuptural landmark for East Anglia akin to the famous "Angel of the North" that marks the Newcastle/Gateshead area of the UK. The initiative has thrown up four proposals, including a particularly poetic one that aims to commemorate the sunken churches of the town of Dunwich, once a prosperous trading port, now mostly submerged due to coastal erosion.


The article quotes one observer as saying:

"Public sculpture has never had the debate it deserves. There are far more disasters than successes, and every town now seems to have a piece of polished steel outside its shopping centre."

posted: Sep 11, 2004
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