Last Days Of A Political Art Object

There is a large and distinct-looking memorial located on a bluff overlooking Yokosuka's downtown harbor district.

Part of Yokosuka's 中央公園  "Chuo Koen" or Central Park .... really good view from there, overlooking Tokyo Bay .... the site was originally developed & used by Japan Imperial Army's coastal defense heavy artillery regiment

Earlier related post in this blog:

https://deepyokosuka.blogspot.com/2017/09/mysterious-monument.html

Well, a decision has been made by the City to remove the monument in January 2020 as part of a park renewal project .... Lack of maintenance and safety cited as the cause.  But it will be replaced by another "Hope For Peace" monument during 2020.

The soon-to-be removed 20-meters-tall structure is an artistic statement against atomic bombs .... And it was funded as part of Yokosuka City's declaration to be "Peace City For Abolition Of Nuclear Weaapons" in 1989

Made of stainless steel, the monument was erected in 1992, at a cost of about $1.4 million (about a fourth of which came from private donations.)

It was designed by a famous Yokosuka native sculptor, the late-Hiroyuki MOGAMI.   

Also designed by MOGAMI, at Yokohama's Landmark Tower