Melbourne City Council's $70,000 pigeon loft turned into scrap metal

By Corinna Lagerberg and Clay Lucas
Updated July 25 2016 - 8:14pm, first published 10:17am
Pigeons in Elizabeth Street. Photo: Paul Jeffers
Pigeons in Elizabeth Street. Photo: Paul Jeffers
The Batman Gardens pigeon coop in 2007, the year after it was installed.  Photo: Wayne Taylor WMT
The Batman Gardens pigeon coop in 2007, the year after it was installed. Photo: Wayne Taylor WMT
The site in Batman Park on Sunday.  Photo: Paul Jeffers
The site in Batman Park on Sunday. Photo: Paul Jeffers
Vault (the sculpture also known as The Yellow Peril ), which was removed from Batman Park in 2002.  Photo: Matthew Bouwmeester
Vault (the sculpture also known as The Yellow Peril ), which was removed from Batman Park in 2002. Photo: Matthew Bouwmeester

It was meant to be a deluxe bird house to encourage the city's worst feathered pest - the pigeon - away from Melbourne's grand old buildings.

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