Gulliver the Gentle Giant; going, going...

[wangi]

Back in 2005...

Behind the Jack Kane:

And from the air (South at the top):

And today from http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Only ... 6742689.jp

Only one foot to remain after Gulliver's travails
HE HAS spent the past 35 years slumbering in a field on the south side of Edinburgh.
Gulliver the Gentle Giant was created for Craigmillar by murderer-turned-artist Jimmy Boyle.

But on April Fool's Day, he will meet his maker when he is forced out to make way for a flood prevention scheme.

All that can be safely left behind is his left foot - although his entire body is to be preserved in cyberspace under plans to digitally scan the 100ft-long sculpture, which was unveiled by funnyman Billy Connolly in 1976.

However, local youngsters will be able to seize a souvenir of the crumbling concrete work of art as council chiefs plan to leave the remains behind once it is dismantled with the help of a giant crane this weekend.

The sculpture, designed by Boyle when he was behind bars in Barlinnie prison in Glasgow, quickly became a favourite play area for children in the 1970s, but it has long since fallen into disrepair. Plans for its removal were announced by the council five years ago to accommodate a new water course that has to be built as part of a flood prevention scheme for the Niddrie Burn.

The council insists it had no option but to remove Gulliver, but it has earmarked £30,000 for a new piece of public art for the area, which is in the midst of a 15-year, £200 million regeneration programme.

...

L/