A statue of the Duke of Wellington will not be given a 6ft lift to stop traffic cones being placed on his head after a successful public campaign.
Glasgow City Council had been considering placing a plinth underneath the monument which would have heightened the statue, placing it out of reach of people.
An online petition to save the cone on the Duke of Wellington attracted 4000 signatures. Organisers Donna Yates and Gavin Doig say it is a part of the city's heritage.
One source said: "Yes, we all agree that the tradition of the cone on the duke's head is probably one to move on from but it's not a 'depressing sight', as the application made out.
For years, the statue by the world-renowned Italian artist Baron Carlo Marochetti has been the target of revellers who climb the plinth to place a traffic cone on the monument, which is situated outside the city's Gallery of Modern Art.
But despite its own marketing agency using the image, its arms-length museums trust selling merchandise emblazoned with it and even the 2014 Commonwealth Games adopting it, the city council was seeking to stamp out this image of the city by doubling the size of the plinth so only the "most determined of vandals" would seek to continue the practice.
According to Gary Nesbit, a leading expert on Glasgow's public statues, damage is being done to the duke by decades of being climbed upon.
But Mr Nesbit said he was opposed to any plinth, which he said would remove it from its scale and context.
