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image captionThe romantic gesture - overlaid with neon lights in 2008 - had formed part of the city s skyline since 2001
Musicians have reacted angrily to the removal of a graffiti marriage proposal painted almost 20 years ago.
The I Love You Will U Marry Me message had remained on Sheffield s Park Hill flats since 2001.
Singer Richard Hawley, a well-known son of the Steel City, said he was really angry and called for the symbol of his hometown to be reinstated.
Pulp drummer Nick Banks and singer Yungblud also said they were dismayed and heartbroken .
The graffiti was painted by Jason Lowe in a bid to woo his then-girlfriend and was later immortalised in neon lights as part of a marketing campaign.
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image captionThe romantic gesture - overlaid with neon lights in 2008 - had formed part of the city s skyline since 2001
A graffiti marriage proposal which became a symbol of a city has been removed by developers.
Jason Lowe s public display of affection was spray-painted on a bridge at Park Hill, Sheffield, in 2001.
His bid to woo girlfriend Clare Middleton formed part of the city skyline, inspired a track by singer Yungblud and appeared on a t-shirt worn by Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner.
Urban Splash said the graffiti was removed for essential repair work .
Sam Feeley, who lives in one of the renovated flats, said he noticed the writing - I Love You Will U Marry Me - had been removed on Sunday.