"The mound is both a piece of art and a piece of community," according to the petition organisersThe £6m artificial hill was supposed to attract people back into the city when it opened in July.The petition said the mound was "an icon to Londoners and tourists alike" and that it "must not be cut down in its prime"."The aim of this petition is to ask Westminster City Council to extend its lifespan," the organiser said.
"The mound is both a piece of art and a piece of community - it must not be cut down in its prime especially in light of the money and joy already invested into it.Dead plants were pictured on the mound on 5 January, four days before it closed The mound first opened on 26 July but was forced to close temporarily when plants and grass began to die on the structure surrounded by scaffolding.
July's ticketholders, who paid between £4.50 and £8, were offered refunds for the artificial viewing platform, which dropped its entry fee after reopening in August. About 250,000 people visited the attraction, with many going to see for themselves if it deserved its bad press, the
Shit!
They can’t take it down at the moment because the scaffolding company that erected it are still in Dubai
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£6,000,000 for a load of scaffolding covered in astro turf. Shows how incompetent MayorofLondon is
No no no no !!!!!
WTAF £6 million ?
I have seen prettier scenes on bin collection day!
not seen it I'm glad looks like an eye sore 😅
LondonTrafficW1 Do you mean the slag heap
A few people think it should stay but they’re locked up safe & sound in their padded cells.
LondonTrafficW1 Got a friend in the army that said this is actually a secret bunker. Used to shelter all the Romanian beggars that was sleeping on park lane.
LondonTrafficW1 Planning at its best down to fact that’s it’s being removed the same time as winter wonderland! Let’s have a few more cranes and lorries in the area emissions congestion
LondonTrafficW1 It looks like fly tipping
Send it to east London it will blend in well in that shithole
Poll?
It cheaper for me to get the train to Richmond Park if I want to walk up a hill and see a Better view
No one, the quicker they move it the better
Aliens
Too late now they are talking it down yes it should have stayed!
No way. A blight. A very expensive one too.
There goes your council tax London
Funnily enough it's close to where Tyburn was, so maybe repurpose for public executions again.
No one in their right mind. I presume the councillors that approved it own a waste tipping business?
Waste of time and money trying to save that waste of time and money Did sadiq start it up or one of his cronies?
I enjoyed it and the light exhibition inside was really good 🤷🏻♂️. They should of let it grow out and done more with it. Badly managed sadly
As a monument to poor thinking!
It should stay as a reminder of how money was wasted building it.
Clinical morons
You could get a good sized block of flats there
Idiots.
No. It’s a laughing stock.
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