The Spire is ten years old today

Ava_e

A celebration of it here. http://www.breakingnews.ie/discover/happy-birthday-to-the-spire-of-dublin-586173.html

gustafo

who gives a **** horrible looking yoke

Duggy747

Passed me Leaving Cert Art talking utter bollocks about it.

listermint

gustafo wrote: »

who gives a **** horrible looking yoke

Meh, i like it. Yer just a jealous cork man. Nothing new there :P

anncoates

I really like The Spire.

There, I said it.

SEPT 23 1989

Where is the duck when you scroll down to the bottom of that picture?

Where To

Never seen it, never intend to see it.

Thomas_I

Ava_e wrote: »

A celebration of it here. http://www.breakingnews.ie/discover/happy-birthday-to-the-spire-of-dublin-586173.html[/QUOTE]

Really great (the Garda and his question in that picture). :pac:

davet82

Bring back the Floozy!!

CreepingDeath

They missed the opportunity to turn it into an awesome helter skelter... (slide)

Manic Moran

davet82 wrote: »

Bring back the Floozy!!

Speaking of, whatever happened the Liffey Clock?

anncoates

Where To wrote: »

Never seen it, never intend to see it.

The Spire weeps at this news.

anncoates

Manic Moran wrote: »

Speaking of, whatever happened the Liffey Clock?

It stopped working, I think, and was quietly forgotten.

humanji

Ava_e wrote: »

A celebration of it here. http://www.breakingnews.ie/discover/happy-birthday-to-the-spire-of-dublin-586173.html

The article is dated yesterday.

Tar.Aldarion

Haha the guard was great.

antodeco

humanji wrote: »

The article is dated yesterday.

In fairness, I dont think a www.yesterdaysnews.ie site would be very advantageous to have! :pac:

Manic Moran

Manic Moran wrote: »

Speaking of, whatever happened the Liffey Clock?

Chime in the slime.


The Spire is like a giant tribute to drug abuse.

starlings

anncoates wrote: »

It stopped working, I think, and was quietly forgotten.

The Chime in the Slime didn't keep good time as it wasn't completely watertight, and it got covered in algae and couldn't be seen through the water, which is murky anyway, so they took it out with about 3 years to go to the milennium. The Spire (which I like a lot) was 3 years late.

and I still don't have a hoverboard. I remember the future. This isn't it. :mad:

old hippy

anncoates wrote: »

It stopped working, I think, and was quietly forgotten.

Well, it was a problem because it allegedly had to be cleaned by divers every two weeks as it was attracting some kind of river algae. This was quite an allegedly expensive operation, so the Time in the Slime was eventually dismantled on the quiet. Allegedly. According to a source.

drdeadlift

Sacramento wrote: »

Chime in the slime.


The Spire is like a giant tribute to drug abuse.

Not really,but its a stupid looking thing anyway,get a ****in creek in yer neck looking up at it

iDave

I like it, its simple and acts as a useful landmark

anncoates

Can't believe people hate The Spire.

It's something a bit different and has a lovely, simplistic form. The incongruity of its shape compared to the other more classical structures around it is really striking compared to a lot of city architecture and it's not something that will really date given its simplicity.

On a bright day, it's a lovely sight to see it rising up from the vanishing point at the end of somewhere like Henry Street.

I think it will eventually be seen as an iconic city structure like the Ha'penny Bridge or Poolbeg Towers.

gjc

I always laugh when i hear it called the stiffy beside the liffey

Angron

10 years old, and still as pointless as the day it was built.

anncoates

Denny M wrote: »

10 years old, and still as pointless as the day it was built.

It has a quite sharp point actually.

Apart from the Spire serving as a relatively good meeting point, what actually is its point?

Aquagakka

I like it.

Shedite27

How sharp is the top?

anncoates

Deleted User wrote: »

Apart from the Spire serving as a relatively good meeting point, what actually is its point?

What's the 'point' of anything aesthetic - art, architecture, gardens - in the city that doesn't have a completely functional purpose?

Think some people (don't mean you) would prefer our capital city to look like somewhere like Pripyat just to shave a few quid off our taxes.

anncoates

anncoates wrote: »

What's the 'point' of anything aesthetic - art, architecture, gardens - in the city that doesn't have a completely functional purpose?

Think some people (don't mean you) would prefer our capital city to look like somewhere like Pripyat just to shave a few quid off our taxes.

It's not even aesthetically pleasing though. I'd take your point if it actually looked good and fitted in well, but it really doesn't.

anncoates

Deleted User wrote: »

It's not even aesthetically pleasing though. I'd take your point if it actually looked good and fitted in well, but it really doesn't.

For sure, but that's a - perfectly reasonable - value judgment as to its worth as a monument not grounds to declare it 'unaesthetic'.

I'm sure a great many people like it as dislike it.

dttq

Duggy747 wrote: »

Passed me Leaving Cert Art talking utter bollocks about it.

I can picture the grade grubbing attempt in my mind in order to please some gobsh!te egghead of an art teacher,

"The modern and minimalist design of the spire contrasts greatly in retrospect to the surrounding classical buildings. It is a bold emblem of modern design for how we in Ireland are truly entering a new age of prosperity. It is making a statement with it's bold presence amongst our otherwise classically constructed primary thoroughfare that we are as a people are putting our modern progress on display by adding this wonderful, modernist marvel of architecture and engineering to our public realm".

In other words, it will get you a good grade as opposed to "that ugly looking needle is an eyesore and has made a boll!x of an otherwise coherent and attractive street.".

old hippy

drdeadlift wrote: »

Not really,but its a stupid looking thing anyway,get a ****in creek in yer neck looking up at it

What? It's not that tall.

Pherekydes

Shedite27 wrote: »

How sharp is the top?

Sharp enough to penetrate your skin without leaving a pinprick.

Yes, really. :pac:

I hear it's solid lead inside.

Vita nova

Inspired or uninspired - we're stuck with it.

Wattle

They should build a platform on the top and let people bungy jump off it. Make a fortune.

Fran1985

Pherekydes wrote: »

Sharp enough to penetrate your skin without leaving a pinprick.

Yes, really. :pac:

I hear it's solid lead inside.

you can actually climb all the way to the top on the inside. for repairing lights.

Zillah

Fran1985 wrote: »

you can actually climb all the way to the top on the inside. for repairing lights.

I am going find a way to do this.

Boombastic

I have pictures of each section as it was put up. The day the last section was being put on was quite emotional. Hundreds of people where watching, clapping and cheering.



I still thing something better could have been done. Didn't they have to take some of the shiny surface off the bottom as the light reflecting off it was blinding motorists? true to Irish style

fonda

The giant syringe!

So all the zombies shufflin around Dublin know where to go for their next fix.

Its like their Mecca or Knock or something

April O Neill

anncoates wrote: »

I really like The Spire.

There, I said it.

I don't really like it BUT I do like O'Connell Street having a halfway point marker.

April O Neill

anncoates wrote: »

Can't believe people hate The Spire.

PEOPLE IN LIKING AND DISLIKING DIFFERENT THINGS SHOCKA! :pac:

StudentDad

A shining example of financial waste! What on earth is it supposed to symbolise?

SD

Technoprisoner

Manic Moran wrote: »

Speaking of, whatever happened the Liffey Clock?

its in storage....and i wont bring up how much its costing us to keep it in storage:eek: