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Monument of Light, Dublin Spire

  • 03-12-2011 5:16pm
    #1
    Keitho Dub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24 ✭


    I do not like the Monument of Light, Dublin Spire its waste of Money, With the high price of scrap metal should the Government sale it off as part of the Budget 2011.


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  • #2
    TeddyTedson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    The spike is handy for meeting people in town!:P


  • #3
    John Doe1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭John Doe1


    37 people have died from craning their necks back to see the top. RIP


  • #4
    novarock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,132 ✭✭✭novarock


    I was expecting this thread to be from 2005..


  • #5
    Bluefoam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,753 ✭✭✭Bluefoam


    I say give it to the French. They want everything else of ours...


  • #6
    John Mason
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 10,661 ✭✭✭✭John Mason


    wow really wow:eek:

    now where did i park the delorean?


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  • #7
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Was this moved over from AH?.

    And is the name really 'The Monument of Light'?, something new to me if it is (and then I'll thank the OP).


  • #8
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Yeah, I got a 503 error so that's probably why I don't see my move post.


  • #9
    xzanti
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 10,446 Mod ✭✭✭✭xzanti


    novarock wrote: »
    I was expecting this thread to be from 2005..

    It was unveiled Christmas 2002/2003 ;)


  • #10
    Keitho Dub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24 ✭Keitho Dub


    Bryson Crooked Tick wrote: »
    Was this moved over from AH?.

    And is the name really 'The Monument of Light'?, something new to me if it is (and then I'll thank the OP).

    The Spire of Dublin, officially titled the Monument of Light[1] (Irish: An Túr Solais) is a large, stainless steel, pin-like monument 121.2 metres (398 ft) in height, located on the site of the former Nelson's Pillar on O'Connell Street in Dublin, Ireland.
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  • #11
    John_Rambo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,061 ✭✭✭✭John_Rambo


    xzanti wrote: »
    It was unveiled Christmas 2002/2003 ;)


    NINE YEARS!!! Time flies! I didn't like it at first, but now I really really like it. It pops up on the horizon when you just don't expect it, the upper floors of carparks, at meetings in third and fourth floor offices... The light on top of it surprised me sometimes when I see it. My orientation is sometimes way off when I spot it.

    Manufactured in Dungarvan in Waterford, I think it's the worlds tallest sculpture. I'm sure the info is out there, but I wonder how much of it is underground and how much it sways in high winds.


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  • #12
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,537 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    Tallest sculpture in the world apparently.


  • #13
    gurramok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭gurramok


    If they had put a stairway/lift inside it, it would have been a great tourist attraction but hey DCC never thought of that!


  • #14
    The Scientician
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,724 ✭✭✭The Scientician


    gurramok wrote: »
    If they had put a stairway/lift inside it, it would have been a great tourist attraction but hey DCC never thought of that!

    A lot of the other ideas put forward for the spot included things like observation decks. It's a real pity one wasn't included. That's my main issue with the thing. I think it actually looks quite impressive, especially from Henry St.


  • #15
    gurramok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭gurramok


    The Scientician wrote: »
    A lot of the other ideas put forward for the spot included things like observation decks. It's a real pity one wasn't included. That's my main issue with the thing. I think it actually looks quite impressive, especially from Henry St.

    Agreed. Where in Dublin can you get a view of the city other than heading to the hills?

    Try spending a fortune at the Guinness Brewery or a fiver at Smithfield chimney. That's it ain't it?

    The spire no matter how thin it is can be seen from miles around, just a pity its just a lump of matter which can be a meeting point.


  • #16
    Patser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,236 ✭✭✭Patser


    gurramok wrote: »
    If they had put a stairway/lift inside it, it would have been a great tourist attraction but hey DCC never thought of that!

    All they need do is put a hi-res webcam on top, controlable from a screen near the bottom, charge €1 to use - so that people can 'look around' Dublin from the camera. Also give an option to print out a postcard photo for €5. Imagine how many tourists would use that, especially to take a pic of you and your friends as seen from the top of the Spire as a momento from Dublin.

    Would would a good webcam and screen cost, a grand maybe, install it next time they have to clean the SPire and watch the money roll in.


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