Reginald's Tower

bluess99 · 13-02-2020 2:15pm #1

What's going on with Reginald's Tower, just passed this morning and there is a horrible green security fencing going up around it ???

Don't tell me the Council are turning a natural beauty spot that is photographed by hundreds of people each week into a eye sore with secuirty fencing.

JohnC. · 13-02-2020 2:29pm

Some work needs to be done. It’s hardly unusual for them to be partly covered in those circumstances, no matter how many people take photos. Have you seen Elizabeth Tower (aka “Big Ben”) recently? Or Notre Dame before the fire? The US Capitol dome was covered for ages not too long ago. I think we’ll survive.

BBM77 · 13-02-2020 2:37pm

bluess99 wrote: »

What's going on with Reginald's Tower, just passed this morning and there is a horrible green security fencing going up around it ???

Don't tell me the Council are turning a natural beauty spot that is photographed by hundreds of people each week into a eye sore with secuirty fencing.

How is it a natural beauty spot? Last time I checked Reginald's Tower was man-made.

fricatus · 13-02-2020 2:47pm

Oh lads, relax. They're doing work on it and I'm sure the fencing will be removed once they're done.

Anyone know the nature of the works?

azimuth17 · 13-02-2020 2:51pm

Work is being done by the OPW and not the council. They do little enough in the city so I would not complain about it. I just worry about how long it will take them to do whatever they are at. All their projects seem to last forever.

alta stare · 13-02-2020 7:53pm

It looks like they are putting glass panels around the pathway. Thats what the supports there already looks like to me, could be wrong though.

taytobreath · 13-02-2020 8:06pm

Needs to plastered and painted badly

Adyx · 13-02-2020 8:37pm

I heard The Reg were building a walkway from the roof terrace to the door in the side.

robtri · 13-02-2020 9:42pm

noted on discover ireland as essential works being carried out

https://www.discoverireland.ie/Arts-Culture-Heritage/reginald-tower-closed-at-present-for-essential-maintenance/601

during any construction works the site has to be secured, cause unfortunately people are idiots and need to be kept away or they could potentially get hurt and sue....

91wx763 · 14-02-2020 1:24am

taytobreath wrote: »

Needs to plastered and painted badly

Pointed maybe.

friendlyfun · 14-02-2020 8:26am

They're keeping John Mullane in there.

Darc19 · 14-02-2020 8:38am

Adyx wrote: »

I heard The Reg were building a walkway from the roof terrace to the door in the side.

That's not correct.

What is happening is..

Glass pavement panels to allow the Costa Coffee tables with a big Costa sign rotating around the tower.

Additional exit/entrance point to allow a one way system to buy your delicious Costa coffee within the tower.

A friend of a friend of a friend told me when I was was in the Reg late last Saturday night

Boooourns · 18-02-2020 11:40am

Knocking it down as far as i know, new coffee shop going in there.

Gillman1998 · 18-02-2020 11:51am

Boooourns wrote: »

Knocking it down as far as i know, new coffee shop going in there.

Not so - the Ardree is being relocated to the site to stand on its end and become Waterford’s tallest building. There will then be a pedestrian bridge from the top of the New Tall Ardree over to the North Quays. If the NQ don’t get built it will end in mid-air and become a bungee jump.

Muttley79 · 18-02-2020 11:59am

Boooourns wrote: »

Knocking it down as far as i know, new coffee shop going in there.

Another coffee shop!how original😂.waterford could do with a few more of them.

Jonybgud · 18-02-2020 10:02pm

Boooourns wrote: »

Knocking it down as far as i know, new coffee shop going in there.

Keep yis-er bloomers unruffled, it's not being knocked, just relocated.

Reginald's Tower

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