I foresee this abomination as being the cause of distraction for several accidents at the corner of the highest congestion HWY intersection, and as a center of complaints or lawsuits by businesses/residence whose view it obstructs, and a source of deep disgruntlement when fees/taxes are raised.

JUST LOOK AT THIS BARE 3-LEGGED STRUCTURE: any architect can tell you that precarious hunk of metal does not represent $236,000.00 ! ! !   A sad waste that could have truly aided our community and the homeless.

"The Flame" hah!  was a great title for a despicable tower of garbage that burns public money.

Springfield COC: here is my $5,000 challenge:  for 2% of what you spent on this unsightly debris, I can create a true work in the same footprint and we can take a public vote in the Summer of 2017 on which of the two works should be torn down!   

But Congratulations!  This effigy will remain an icon of gross city mismanagement for their theft of public funds and the fleecing of its citizens.