Giraffe Heads

I had a meeting a few days ago about the giraffe heads that have gone missing from the Pentecostal Mission site at the corner of Scrubs Lane and Harrow Road. These were originally erected by Harlesden City Challenge, who commissioned them from Rebecca Nassauer. The idea was to provide a landmark feature to a gateway site into Harlesden.

They were stolen in 2009, and the church that now owns the site is not keen on replacing them. In fact they have applied for permission to remove any sculpture from that corner, although I think they might be willing to replace them with something else if pressed, possibly at another site.

Incidentally, is scrap metal really so valuable that it is worth stealing like this. The metal head on Harlesden Plaza was also removed, which must have taken a huge effort on the part of the thieves. I find it hard tto imagine how these thefts can be made to pay.