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Artist's high-rise piano drop falls flat with residents

July 17, 2014 15:30
Catherine Yass was stopped from using Balfron Tower

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Charlotte Oliver,

Charlotte Oliver

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A Turner Prize-nominated artist has been forced to cancel plans to drop a piano from the top of a block of flats after residents complained.

Catherine Yass, 51, wanted to push the instrument from the top of the empty 27-storey Balfron Tower in Poplar, east London, as part of an art project.

But the Poplar Housing and Regeneration Community Association stepped in after receiving a petition signed by more than 250 people accusing Ms Yass of anti-social behaviour.

Andrea Baker, director of housing, said: "We've listened to the concerns and as a result the project will not be going ahead."