Shards of a city - 5 of 5

Nothing beside remains, Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, The lone and level sands stretch far away. From ... Ozymandias of Egypt by Percy Bysshe Shelley

The stones - "Memory is creation without End" by Kimio Tsuchiya - that I have featured all week and which I show in-situ today - were placed adjacent to the Cahill Expressway in the year 2000 as part of the Sydney Sculpture Walk for the Olympic Games. These blocks are relics from demolished buildings and structures. Each piece of stone testifies to lost function in the collective memory. Each symbolises the circular connection of past, present and future rededicated here by the artist. [paraphrased from the plaque]. However, there is a presence from the now hovering in this lush, green image.
The idyllic greensward had been sliced open between 1955 and 1962 for the construction of the Cahill Expressway (see the sunset post last Friday) which can be seen snaking through this old photo, exiting top left. Much of the lush greenery in the top photo is but a thin layer atop a 6 lane motorway, the earth having been stripped of both soil and sandstone to complete Circular Quay during the 19th Century and to ease the way for the motor vehicle. In a city, not only are buildings being constantly razed but the very shape of the earth is being continually remoulded. Could it be that today's iconic buildings, are tomorrow's shards?