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What would replace the Dublin spire with?

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    #32
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    New and old don't always mix. As a Dub I'm ashamed of the fast food kip that the main street in our Capital City has become.

    What next? Tara?

    taramcd.jpg


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    #33
    ynotdu
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    A brown envelope with the remains of a Tiger hanging out stamped by the emigration dept? should we have a vote on it using the electronic voting machines?

    No?

    Oh well just a thought(I would use a crying smiley only boards dont have one,guess they thought tears would not be needed:confused: :P


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    #34
    murpho999
    Registered Users Posts: 28,391 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    I think the Spire looks great, especially in the right light.

    I get a lot of visitors over from Holland, and every single one of them (at
    least 10 people) had very positive things to say about it.

    What would be the point of putting up a statue of some Irish person, such as Pierce or Dev, for example. No one would notice it and every city has one.

    The Spire is original and innovative, and I think over time will become a very famous landmark for Dublin.

    Don't understand that it doesn't look Irish? What do Irish buildings look like as all the old ones were built by the British.

    Also, don't understand why people complain about the Spire and not comment on ugly things like Liberty Hall!

    Also, don't see it as a clash. It looks a damn sight better than all the McDonald's, Burger King and Dr Quirkey's signs.


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    #35
    spacetweek
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,957 Mod ✭✭✭✭spacetweek


    murpho999 wrote: »
    I think the Spire looks great, especially in the right light.

    I get a lot of visitors over from Holland, and every single one of them (at
    least 10 people) had very positive things to say about it.

    What would be the point of putting up a statue of some Irish person, such as Pierce or Dev, for example. No one would notice it and every city has one.

    The Spire is original and innovative, and I think over time will become a very famous landmark for Dublin.

    Don't understand that it doesn't look Irish? What do Irish buildings look like as all the old ones were built by the British.

    Also, don't understand why people complain about the Spire and not comment on ugly things like Liberty Hall!

    Also, don't see it as a clash. It looks a damn sight better than all the McDonald's, Burger King and Dr Quirkey's signs.
    Some important points here. I've also taken many great pictures of the Spire at night. I love the glow. Particularly good is the approach from Henry St.

    I don't like the thread title because it assumes the Spire isn't good and needs to be replaced. It should be clear that there is by no means agreement on this. I love the Spire and think it is perfect for the new O'Connell St.

    The most important point of all I think is what exactly is the definition of an "Irish building". I don't think Ireland actually has a unique architecture of its own. What exactly could have been built instead? A statue? There's already Daniel O'Connell and Jim Larkin statues on this street. A pillar? Boring, even worse than the spire. The street needed something very tall to suit the width and length of the street, the Spire is just right for that. A pillar could not be safely made 120 metres.


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    #36
    Carawaystick
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    One major failing of the spire is that it's not the tallest structure in Dublin, The mast in RTÉ is 4m higher....


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    #37
    jill_valentine
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    I love the Spire. Hated it at first, didn't really understand the point (har!) of it until it was up.

    Wouldn't change it for the world now. Like somebody said, one of the only things the Celtic Tiger got right.


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    #38
    kiffer
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    needs to be bigger... We should have been able to add on sections under ground and jack it up higher so that it's always growing...
    It needs to be at least 300m...


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    #39
    loyatemu
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    Carawaystick wrote: »
    One major failing of the spire is that it's not the tallest structure in Dublin, The mast in RTÉ is 4m higher....

    the Ringsend chimneys are substantially higher than either of those, but it hardly matters, the Spire is tall enough for the location its in (you can't even see the RTE mast from the city-centre).


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    #40
    dazzerb
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    is it supposed to be crooked?! "The tip leans slightly to the east"

    Is this a design thing with some meaning?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dublin-Spire_leaning-tip.JPG


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    #41
    Irjudge1
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    I like it too and just in the last couple of days I have noticed that the view of the city from the east link bridge provides you with a really new definitve view of the new dublin. All within the frame of view are the spire, Calatrava's new bridge, the conference centre and the sitting in the middle is Liberty Hall. I think it looks great must try to get a photo.


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    #42
    Purple Gorilla
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    dazzerb wrote: »
    is it supposed to be crooked?! "The tip leans slightly to the east"

    Is this a design thing with some meaning?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dublin-Spire_leaning-tip.JPG
    I'm pretty sure it's because it's an obelisk


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    #43
    vektarman
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    civildefence wrote: »
    Like may others I hate the spire, IMO I could have come up with hundreds of far better alternatives, so if you had the choice, what would you put there?

    I like the spire but if I had to change it for something I'd replace it with a statue of a lady lying in a fountain.


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    #44
    sean2504
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    The obvious thing to replace it with, would be to rebuild the pillar which was there until 1966. I would make it slightly bigger, such that it could house a lift to take people to the top, and as regards whose statue should be put on top of it, I would leave it to a national vote, such that it would represent the feelings of the Irish People. My personal choice would be James Connolly.


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    #45
    quadrifoglio verde
    Registered Users Posts: 3,670 ✭✭✭quadrifoglio verde


    sean2504 wrote: »
    The obvious thing to replace it with, would be to rebuild the pillar which was there until 1966. I would make it slightly bigger, such that it could house a lift to take people to the top, and as regards whose statue should be put on top of it, I would leave it to a national vote, such that it would represent the feelings of the Irish People. My personal choice would be James Connolly.

    Why Connolly?
    Why not any of Collins, brugha, ceant, pearse, McDermott, plunkett or mcdonagh.
    Why does it always have to be Connolly. More fought and died for this country and had a bigger influence than Connolly.
    Which is why I think the spire is great. It takes the political symbol of the man away from it, meaning that no party can lay claim to it as "their statue" (if you had collins up there, it'd be a blueshirt statue, if you had Connolly, it'd be a labour/socialist statue etc.)


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    #46
    Morf
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    Godzilla.


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    #47
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,247 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Blackjack wrote: »
    The Country needs no reminding that either of those originate here. Let's try and put the bad things behind us.....
    Let's leave an old thread die.

    Moderator


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