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Fcuking Eyesores!!

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  • 17-01-2010 12:22pm
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    OutlawPete
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    The thread that should have been.

    What would you class as the biggest 'eye sore' in the 32 counties?

    For me it has to be that Vodafone screen on Henry St, wrecks my head.

    Stick Sky Sports on it or gtfo.

    So what's yours?

    People not allowed :)
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    ya-ba-da-ba-doo
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    Longford.


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    MaybeLogic
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    On Georges St. (in town) ,you get all these lovely red-bricked buildings,the Arcade,Central Hotel etc. the whole way up as far as Aungier St. Then on one side of Georges St. from about Yamamoris down to Dame St. you have this ugly ,grey ,dull ,abortion of an office block.
    Ruins the whole street,it does.


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    alwaysadub
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    the spire is an obvious one. Whoever came up with the idea of sticking a big(now dirty)needle in the middle of O Connell St should've got a needle shoved in their eye as punishment..


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    OutlawPete
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    alwaysadub wrote: »
    the spire is an obvious one. Whoever came up with the idea of sticking a big(now dirty)needle in the middle of O Connell St should've got a needle shoved in their eye as punishment..

    I hated the Spire for years and then when my Dad was in hospital it was the only thing that could be seen from his hospital room in the night sky, so now I'm kinda fond of it.

    Otherwise though I would still be hating it too :)


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    iguy
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    Christmas decorations being left up well after the holiday season and being still turned on every night.


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    MaybeLogic
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    OutlawPete wrote: »
    I hated the Spire for years and then when my Dad was in hospital it was the only thing that could be seen from his hospital room in the night sky, so now I'm kinda fond of it.

    Otherwise though I would still be hating it too :)

    The Parisiens hated their Great Phallic Symbol in the Sky when it first went up but sentimentality won them over in the end ,as will the Spike,no doubt,eventually finding a place in Dubliners' hearts.


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    Agricola
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    Out of interest, what would all the Spire haters like to have seen in its place? I dont mind it but I would have prefered something like the Nelson Monument but with an Irish Leader on top.


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    OutlawPete
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    Agricola wrote: »
    Out of interest, what would all the Spire haters like to have seen in its place? I dont mind it but I would have prefered something like the Nelson Monument but with an Irish Leader on top.

    I put forward a design in some comp that supposed to get looked at.

    There was years of entries from designers and engineers etc.

    Mine was something like the Statue of Liberty's arm. It was a massive fist shooting up from the ground and rising up into the sky.

    The top floor would have been a cinema :D


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    D-A-V-E
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    weighing in at over 20 tonnes and over 100feet tall the Limerick christmas tree is usually left floating in the shannon till the end of february, lights off..it usualy looks like this

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    but it hit the bridge in bad weather

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    now its just dormant! an eyesore!

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    Amalgam
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    MaybeLogic wrote: »
    On Georges St. (in town) ,you get all these lovely red-bricked buildings,the Arcade,Central Hotel etc. the whole way up as far as Aungier St. Then on one side of Georges St. from about Yamamoris down to Dame St. you have this ugly ,grey ,dull ,abortion of an office block.
    Ruins the whole street,it does.

    Dunnes Stores offices, as far as I am aware.


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    oppenheimer1
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    The loop line bridge, an ugly necessity.


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    OutlawPete
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    This one was not much better..

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7p0J737FUk


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    MaybeLogic
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    Amalgam wrote: »
    Dunnes Stores offices, as far as I am aware.

    Nah,the other end.
    There is an office block ,with retaurants and shops below it,from Yamamrois down as far as the George.
    I find the Dunnes Stores office quite elegant,especially when you see the curve,at a certain angle,up Stephen St.


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    Huggles
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    Liberty Hall in Dublin :eek:


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    Liberty Hall, Dublin
    Central Bank, Dublin
    Any derelict buildings on major shopping streets in any city/town.
    The River Lee side of Kent Station, Cork
    Lower Grande Parade, Cork
    The Docklands, Cork


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    Four-Percent
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    MaybeLogic wrote: »
    On Georges St. (in town)

    Which town!?!?!?!?!


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    biko
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    Four-Percent wrote: »
    Which town!?!?!?!?!
    See location: Amsterdam ;)

    The oil tanks, thankfully gone now.


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    Agricola
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    OutlawPete wrote: »
    I put forward a design in some comp that supposed to get looked at.

    There was years of entries from designers and engineers etc.

    Mine was something like the Statue of Liberty's arm. It was a massive fist shooting up from the ground and rising up into the sky.

    The top floor would have been a cinema :D

    Well it would have been useful anyway.

    Thats the main thing missing with the Spire. Everyone likes a good monument you can climb up in to get a view from.


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    OutlawPete
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    Four-Percent wrote: »
    Which town!?!?!?!?!

    Is there another Georges St in Ireland that runs down to Dame St?


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    OutlawPete
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    Agricola wrote: »
    Well it would have been useful anyway.

    Thats the main thing missing with the Spire. Everyone likes a good monument you can climb up in to get a view from.

    I agree.

    I have always wanted to go up the top of Liberty Hall or the Lighthouse in Smithfield (but it's always closed).


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    biko
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    Mutton island


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    xw2lj9uspm1eyh
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    This is a common eye sore in most counties I presume passed a meteor store last week to see a massive poster of beardo aka smug bastard from the meteor xmas ads at the window god knows how many customers they lost using him in that ad.


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    MaybeLogic
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    Four-Percent wrote: »
    Which town!?!?!?!?!

    Default Town.


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    Four-Percent
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    OutlawPete wrote: »
    Is there another Georges St in Ireland that runs down to Dame St?

    doubt it, I just felt there was a lack of angry non-dub about this thread...


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    Bazzy
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    OutlawPete wrote: »
    This one was not much better..

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7p0J737FUk

    yes but note how people werent robbing stuff off it unlike the one in limerick which is why it had to go into the drink


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    OutlawPete
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    MaybeLogic wrote: »
    Default Town.

    Amsterdam? :)


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    BluesBerry
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    The Big ball in Naas I cant see the point in it


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    #29
    plein de force
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    the whole county of westmeath?

    in seriousness i can't stand the spire


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    heavyballs
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    BluesBerry wrote: »
    The Big ball in Naas I cant see the point in it

    i kike it for some weird reason,someone told me it contains some time capsules also from a local school,could be bs


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    MaybeLogic
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    OutlawPete wrote: »
    Amsterdam? :)

    I can find no fault here,my friend.:)


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