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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5127713/Council-set-knock-iconic-tower-lewd-jokes.html
After 30 years of ribald jokes and embarrassing photos the phallic Queens Wharf Tower has been earmarked for demolition.
Erected in Newcastle in 1988 to commemorate a visit by the Queen during Australia's bicentennial celebrations, the tower has long been considered an eyesore.
The council has now decided the local icon must come down, citing high maintenance costs, safety hazards, and poor reviews from tourists.
'Our beloved, yet unusual Queens Wharf Tower will be demolished in late 2018 early 2019,' the council said, dividing opinion and outraging some local residents.
'It is the subject of lewd jokes and negative reports, and is certainly not a positive reflection on our city.'
'There really is no other way to describe the Queen's Wharf Tower other than as an embarrassment to the city,' Jeremy Bath of the council told The Newcastle Herald.
'I look forward to not having to answer the inevitable question of "why" from guests and visitors when they first see the tower.
Newcastle City Council is now seeking feedback from residents on what the building should be replaced with.
@south of heaven you must be most upset about this??
After 30 years of ribald jokes and embarrassing photos the phallic Queens Wharf Tower has been earmarked for demolition.
Erected in Newcastle in 1988 to commemorate a visit by the Queen during Australia's bicentennial celebrations, the tower has long been considered an eyesore.
The council has now decided the local icon must come down, citing high maintenance costs, safety hazards, and poor reviews from tourists.
'Our beloved, yet unusual Queens Wharf Tower will be demolished in late 2018 early 2019,' the council said, dividing opinion and outraging some local residents.
'It is the subject of lewd jokes and negative reports, and is certainly not a positive reflection on our city.'
'There really is no other way to describe the Queen's Wharf Tower other than as an embarrassment to the city,' Jeremy Bath of the council told The Newcastle Herald.
'I look forward to not having to answer the inevitable question of "why" from guests and visitors when they first see the tower.
Newcastle City Council is now seeking feedback from residents on what the building should be replaced with.
@south of heaven you must be most upset about this??
