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Drivers faced an 18-mile diversion today as public roads were again closed because an aircraft carrier was on Loch Long. The A814 between Arrochar and Whistlefield has regularly been closed in recent years when the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers take on munitions at Glen Mallan. Usually traffic is diverted along the A817 Haul Road through Glen Fruin – but that road is also closed currently because of resurfacing, meaning traffic was rerouted via Helensburgh.

The colorful water tower sculpture in Brooklyn Bridge Park has been removed. But don’t worry, it will return next year. Designed by Tom Fruin and installed 12 years ago, the Plexiglas and steel artwork on top of the park’s administrative building at 334 Furman Street was dismantled and taken down on Tuesday ahead of a [...] The post Tom Fruin’s iconic water tower sculpture in Brooklyn Bridge Park to be restored first appeared on 6sqft.

The A817 road through Glen Fruin will be closed for 12 days later this month. Argyll and Bute Council is due to carry out resurfacing work on the Haul Road, which links the A82 beside Loch Lomond with the A814 above Faslane base. Originally built by the MoD for construction traffic during the expansion of Faslane and of Coulport in the 1989s,  it is heavily used by workers at he naval bases, which will be diverted through Rhu and Helensburgh while it is closed.

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Coakley Brothers has tapped Brooklyn-based artist Tom Fruin to create a mosaic sculpture version of the water tower to be installed atop its seven-story headquarters that sits across from the Iron Horse Hotel on the roundabout at the south end of the 6th Street Viaduct.