The swiveling street lamps which stood near the Yerba Buena Gardens and intersected the Moscone Center for over 20 years have been taken down.

Former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown originally had the Philippe Starck-designed streetlights installed back in 1996 after he saw them on a visit to the JCDecaux factory in France. He wanted to bring the Parisian-style design to the Bay Area. They’ve since stood on Howard between Third and Fourth streets in theYerba Buena neighborhood.

Now, due to construction at Moscone Center, they’ve been removed and will be replaced with energy-efficient LED lights. A spokesperson for the Department of Public Works told Curbed SF, “The Philippe Starck streetlights on Howard between Third and Fourth streets were removed and stored at the Public Works maintenance yard. We will not be reinstalling them on Howard Street … we are holding on to them for the time being and seeing if they could be reused on another project, perhaps in a park. At this point, we have no specific plans.”

The lamps originally cost $22,000 each but were given to San Francisco at no cost because JCDecaux wanted to display them at the 1997 U.S. Conference of Mayors at the Moscone Center, per the New York Times.