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"SYDNEY \u2014 Most know the Australian city for the Sydney Harbour Bridge or the Sydney Opera House. Now it may be known as the place of the giant Cloud Arch or the oversized Milk Crate. \n\nThe iconic Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge.Image: Adam Jeffery, Getty ImagesAlthough Melbourne still generally wins in the ugly stakes \u2014 Federation Square has been described as a local disgrace since its constuction \u2014 the people of Sydney are not talking kindly about two new artworks coming to their city.\n\nFederation Square, Melbourne.Image: Vince Caligiuri, Getty ImagesThe Cloud Arch by Japanese artist Junya Ishigami is the focal piece of the City of Sydney's \"City Centre Public Art Plan,\" which will decorate the pedestrian-only zone through the centre of the city. The steel arch will tower over Town Hall at more than 50 metres above street level.\n\nThe artist's impression of the Cloud Arch sculpture.Without missing a beat, Sydneysiders took to social media to mock the unconventional art works, unveiled by Sydney Mayor Lord Clover Moore on Tuesday.\n\n#sydneysculpture model? http://t.co/tFnA95azup pic.twitter.com/Nr0roXz3Sf\n\u2014 Ricardo Goncalves (@BUSINESSricardo) July 29, 2014\n\n\nIntroducing Sydney's new sculpture: The Tapeworm pic.twitter.com/7Z2Hb5esCL\n\u2014 Steph Coombes (@Steph_Coombes) July 29, 2014\n\n\nSydney might be getting the space noodle but Melbourne already has the apple peel roundabout. #sculpture pic.twitter.com/37dpyW9Dqn\n\u2014 Denham Sadler (@denhamsadler) July 29, 2014\n\n\nsuddenly have the \"every sperm is sacred\" song stuck in my head... #sculpture\n\u2014 Michael Koziol (@michaelkoziol) July 29, 2014\n\n\nNine million dollars please, Clover. pic.twitter.com/55NA90jHoq\n\u2014 Jo Thornely (@jothornely) July 29, 2014\n\nAnd if the Cloud Arch wasn't enough fun for one day, Sydneysiders will also be given Pavilion by Sydney-based Egyptian-born artist Hany Armanious. The work is a space designed for a park in central Sydney in the shape of a milk crate and will stand 13.7 metres tall. \nLet the second round of insults begin.\n\nMock-up of how the milk crate at Belmore Park near Central Station will look like, by @cityofsydney pic.twitter.com/15QZnlnAZG\n\u2014 Glenda Kwek (@curious_scribe) July 29, 2014\n\n\nSydney's new blue milk crate sculpture was originally way more controversial pic.twitter.com/53XRzy7Arj\n\u2014 Ron Erdos (@RonErdos) July 29, 2014\n\n\nMy response to @CloverMoore's Sculptures #sydneysculpture #Sydney #Auspol #nswpol #namethesculpture pic.twitter.com/lILfgAhE5U\n\u2014 Adrian Rook (@adrianmrook) July 29, 2014\n\n\nThe city of sydney is describing a giant milk crate as being akin to a gothic cathedral\n\u2014 purserj (@purserj) July 29, 2014\n\n\nwas so stoked about Sydney's giant milkcrate my moustache fell off (pretty sure Portlandia already did this one?) pic.twitter.com/quX9vdxKYJ\n\u2014 oi nah (@dee_bbgirl) July 29, 2014\n\n\nMy milk crate brings all the boys to the park...\n\u2014 Dominic Knight (@domknight) July 29, 2014\n\nThe artworks are two of three works chosen by the City of Sydney council in its revamp of the CBD space. \nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.\n      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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