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===Former=== * ''Forward'', a sculpture by [[Raymond Mason (sculptor)|Raymond Mason]] which was unveiled in 1991. It cost Β£275,000.<ref>{{cite book|author=Liam Kennedy|title=Remaking Birmingham: The Visual Culture Of Urban Regeneration|year=2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=0-415-28838-X}}</ref> It was destroyed by arson on 17 April 2003.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/2970993.stm Sculptor surveys statue damage] - BBC News, 23 April 2003 (Retrieved 12 July 2007)</ref> It was locally known as the "[[Lurpak]] sculpture".<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/401341.stm BBC: You'll either love it or hate it] - July 23, 1999</ref>] * In 2005 a [[Ferris wheel]] known locally as the [[Birmingham Wheel]] was constructed in the square to provide views for the public. The wheel finally closed on 5 September 2006 and was sold to a company in Australia. * ''Spirit of Enterprise'' (fountain, designed by Tom Lomax) This fountain is currently removed.
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