A giant cardboard model tower has fallen victim to strong sea winds.
The six-storey-high art installation, inspired by Weston-Super-Mare’s crumbling Birnbeck Pier, was put up in the Prince Consort Gardens on Saturday by local people under the instruction of artist Olivier Grossetête.
The tower began to lean at about 07:00 BST on Sunday and had completely fallen down by 11:00, project leaders said.
Bosses ensured the site was safe so people could watch it happen. When the 20m (66ft) structure finally fell, about 300 members of the community in the park helped with some “monumental jumping and squashing” to prepare it for transportation and its recycling, they added.