A fact from Torentje van Drienerlo appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 September 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Dutch artist Wim T. Schippers is responsible for Pindakaasvloer, a 4-by-12-metre (13 ft × 39 ft) floor covered in peanut butter, and Torentje van Drienerlo(pictured), a church spire sticking up from a pond?
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The article seems to say that he constructed the spire for purposes of this artwork. Is that correct, or did he repurpose a disused spire from an actual church (something that would be interesting in its own right)? LadyofShalott 20:03, 24 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
