In terms of Edinburgh failures, it's right up there with the 'disgrace' atop Calton Hill and the trams fiasco.
Installed in 1973, the helix-shaped kinetic sculpture was a piece of public art that stood for a far shorter period than intended at Picardy Place.
Positioned within a stone’s throw of the then brand new St James Centre, the doomed sculpture consisted of a series of neon strip bulbs that would flash and change colour according to the direction and intensity of the wind.
