THESE ATTRACTIVE VARIATIONS on the car-deterring bollard have been given witty makeovers by a street artist… and Hackney council would like to know their identity.

One of the concrete globes, at the Aspland Estate in Amhurst Road Dalston E8 1LL, has been adorned with a polar ice-cap that is melting — making a point to all who’ve been in baking-hot London for the last few months; another portrays the three wise monkeys of “See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil” fame; and a third is a pool-type eight-ball.

The town hall does not know who decorated the balls — but would like to. So, having been told of them by Loving Dalston, it is going to ask around, starting with the estate’s tenants and residents association (TRA).

A council insider said that if the TRA liked the artwork, the council would treat it as art rather than graffiti and would instruct staff not to remove it.

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* Backstory: Hip-hop heroes in a Hackney back street; Hackney street art goes on canvas; Street – or streetwise – art?

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