There was indeed an "arts bonus" scheme like you describe. It seems to have had mixed results, but in this case I quite like the Terry Stringer sculpture and I don't think the streetscape suffers from the extra floors on the building behind it.
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There was indeed an "arts bonus" scheme like you describe. It seems to have had mixed results, but in this case I quite like the Terry Stringer sculpture and I don't think the streetscape suffers from the extra floors on the building behind it.