{"id":2065,"date":"2010-08-01T12:58:50","date_gmt":"2010-08-01T11:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=2065"},"modified":"2010-08-01T19:26:15","modified_gmt":"2010-08-01T18:26:15","slug":"the-brixton-heron-weathervane-coldharbour-lanebrixton-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/the-brixton-heron-weathervane-coldharbour-lanebrixton-road\/","title":{"rendered":"The Brixton Heron Weathervane, Coldharbour Lane\/Brixton Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/maggi-hambling-brixton-heron-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Brixton Heron Weathervane, Coldharbour Lane\/Brixton Road\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Currently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.net\/vbulletin\/threads\/330493-Maggi-Hambling-Brixton-Heron\" target=\"_blank\">dividing opinion on our bulletin boards<\/a> is this new addition to the central Brixton skyline.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Brixton Heron&#8217; is a weathervane sculpture created by artist Maggi Hambling and sits on the roof of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/brixton\/history\/prince1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Prince of Wales public house<\/a> (aka &#8216;Dex&#8217;), on the corner of Coldharbour Lane and Brixton Road.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/maggi-hambling-brixton-heron.jpg\" alt=\"The Brixton Heron Weathervane, Coldharbour Lane\/Brixton Road\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It looks a bit of a bedraggled heron to me, and I&#8217;m not sure what the connection is with Brixton,\u00a0 but I&#8217;m all for a bit of art around the place.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/maggi-hambling-brixton-heron-2.jpg\" alt=\"The Brixton Heron Weathervane, Coldharbour Lane\/Brixton Road\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Seen from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/brixton\/features\/windrush-square-brixton-opens.html\">Windrush Square<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"580\" height=\"458\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/2MemdqKzCe4&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Currently dividing opinion on our bulletin boards is this new addition to the central Brixton skyline. &#8216;The Brixton Heron&#8217; 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