Another Moorhead Issue...

I had a sweet idea about the transition in Moorhead, which has since been ruined by seeing how the area looks nowadays. I don't think this area likes me... :(

If you can see the statue in this shot, the one on top of the pillar...

My idea was to zoom in on it in the past, only to zoom out of it again in the present, revealing the new, modern world.

BUT... it's no longer there.

Infact, it's nowhere near. Which didn't actually prove a bad thing though...

I managed to do some digging and I found out it was moved to the Botanical Gardens in either 1957 or 1961 (accounts differ), minus the large pillar it sat on, and instead was put on a huge stone base as part of the sites artwork...

Seen in the background from a longer distance here...

Now, I actually liked this, as it provided me a much richer shot. I could zoom in on the statue atop a pillar within a busy, clustered, old city street, and zoom out of it, modern day, into a nice, peaceful, beautiful garden area.

BUT...

It's gone.

They've moved it again, and this time, it's in storage and not even viewable anywhere. They replaced it with a chuffing fountain to "capture the original look of the old gardens" and the statue has not been seen since, due to be "relocated elsewhere in Sheffield, although a suitable site has yet to be confirmed."

That was 6 years ago.

So I'm not holding my breath.

Shot idea ruined. :(