Author Alexander McCall Smith has been celebrated in a new public art installation in Edinburgh.

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Though it may be modeled on a child's toy, this massive public art installation isn't just for kids.

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The public art installation is designed in such a way that not only is the noise of the city miraculously blocked out, but one cannot escape getting slightly sprayed by the inspirational mist enshrining twelve panels of transparent glass behind the waterfall.

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At the previous biennale, an art installation was taken down following a public outcry over sensitive language in the piece.

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The site is part public park, part wildlife sanctuary, part space for installation art -- just one more piece of reclaimed land enriching Berlin's urban life.

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The installation, "Discovering Columbus, " has been produced by the Public Art Fund, a nonprofit championed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

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