MERSEYSIDE, UK.- Anthony Gormley stated that his one hundred cast iron figures should stay on Merseyside beach. Safety reasons were cited by planners when blocking a proposal to keep the work Another Place on Crosby Beach.

Anthony Gormley said, "This work works at Crosby Beach better than it does anywhere else. I think it is part of the risk-averse culture that Britain has turned into. Crosby is a very industrial beach, it can't be used for swimming - its a got an extremely serious rip tide and this (the artwork) is not a bad use for the beach."

Another Place Ltd - the company which wants to keep the statues in Crosby - is making a fresh planning application. The work is made up of iron life-size casts of Gormley which are rooted on to the beach at scattered locations over three kilometres. They are visible when the tide is out but become submerged when the water is in.