I am so sad at the things they have done to Shrewsbury since the 1960′s, the Darwin Gate and the Theatre are monstrosities, now this Giant Slug thingy!!!!!!!!!!

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The town will be regretting this in a couple of years. Welcome to the shiny new world of ‘photoshop’ art. Guaranteed instant sensation trumpeting big clever ideas that will soon become a vacuous lumbering annoying badly weathering eyesore. Oh! with a few broken limbs or a death or two to boot.

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I am glad to see Shrewsbury is moving with the time it is important that the town does not stand still and invents new ideas to keep our town up to date eg the theatre , the darwin gate and of course the new darwin meomorial .

With out new ideas the town will die but instead it is moving into new areas which will keep Shrewsbury a top place to visit and live !!

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I have to agree with Steven. People will climb it and injuries will occur as they fall off or get stuck between the gaps. Even a fence around it won’t deter those foolhardy enough to climb the 40ft high ‘work of art’. I bet it won’t be long after it is unvailed that the first case of someone climbing it will be reported in The Star.

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The damage to Shrewsbury’s historic buildings was evident in the ’50s. I remember the Victorian market hall being destroyed … in place of it the ghastly new model. Also the old Crown Hotel… a wonderful Tudor style building. Nevertheless, Shrewsbury remains a beautiful example of not only Tudor buildings but Norman, Gothic, Georgian, Victorian etc. At least nowadays the city fathers (and mothers) are not taking bulldozers to ancient buildings and destroying the the town’s rich architectural history.

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