Trolley-Rail Sculpture to Replace Treble Clef?

The last word we got from the city and its Public Art Committee, as revealed in Chris Barrett's Citybeat on Nov. 4, was that there are no plans to replace the treble clef sculpture near the 100 block of Gay Street with another piece of public art:

There is no list of artists and patrons waiting to claim the space soon to be vacated by the treble clef. (As it happens, the timing of the treble clef's removal has been determined by the fact that there is now heavy construction equipment capable of the task working at that intersection.) And there is no other existing city-owned public art in danger of collapsing at the moment. (Much of the art on display at Krutch Park, for example, belongs to Dogwood Arts Festival, and is part of its rotating annual exhibition.)

The day after Chris's story was published on the web, though, Rick Emmett, the city's urban growth manager, reported on the 100 Block Construction blog that "a new statue will be commissioned possibly using some of the old trolley rails."