Eglinton Street Tower, Cork
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Now that the shaft is up I cannot help but be concerned at the impact this development overall will have on City Hall
So the tower will pretty much be visible from all angles City Hall is viewed from, what about the “low-rise” parts of the development?
Im glad this is going in. Irish cities need more high rise. Its the only way forward rather than the disturbing urban sprawl thats going on at the moment.
This tower is a design feature of the overall development and not a solution to sprawl. The tower could’ve been moved to the South Eastern corner of the site which would have greatly reduced the impact on the up-til-now unspoiled vista of City Hall. Only downside, no “gateway” view coming in the southlink.
The south eastern corner is no more that 20m away from its current location. I doubt the difference would make that much of an impact.
Remember, people thought the eiffel tower was an eyesore.
@d_d_dallas wrote:
This tower is a design feature of the overall development and not a solution to sprawl. The tower could’ve been moved to the South Eastern corner of the site which would have greatly reduced the impact on the up-til-now unspoiled vista of City Hall. Only downside, no “gateway” view coming in the southlink.
If I’m not mistaken, you can only see the tower for the last couple of hundred metres of the link anyway, it’s not like you can see it ahead all the way in.
To be honest, once it (and presumably, other towers in the South Docklands area) go up, I think they’ll provide a nice backdrop to City Hall.
I like how it’s visible when you’re driving towards the city from the airport. It should look really cool once the spire is on it and it’s all lit up (80 meters I believe when fully completed).
I like the look of it as well, looking forward to the completion but think that’s in ’08 sometime so a long way to go yet.
A concrete shaft
some people are obviously very easily pleased
@PVC King wrote:
A concrete shaft
some people are obviously very easily pleased
Same can be said for a big spike.
At least the shaft has a function.
Meow
You do no service to this building or taller buildings in general by slagging a certain steel rod.
Let’s face it the building in question will never look worse than it does now. I don’t know Cork well enough to comment on the site suitabily but when the resident oil man expresses concern, that registers for me.
@PVC King wrote:
A concrete shaft
some people are obviously very easily pleased
Well said PVC King, I was itching to make a comment on the utterly embarrassing way that some people are holding 18 floors of poured concrete as a milestone of World construction without waiting to see the final outcome. Posting anything but “The King is great long live the King†seems to bring out a defensive attitude with some posters, possibly the same people that refuse to hear a bad word said about one of the biggest planning disasters in Ireland, Victoria Mills. 😮
@ake wrote:
Oh my God tell me they are not going to put that illuminous green cheap plastic shite all the way up the tower! Why is that horrible crap popping up all over the place?! It’s the single ugliest building material I have ever seen anywhere in my life. It should be banned. Can we could not afford a nice polished granite or sandstone in this country overflowing with money
Ditto. Thats stuff looks horrific enough at low levels never mind it sticking out of the skyline, and in such quantity. Cant see all that green doing anything for the aesthetics of this building in years to come. IMO if you;re going to build up, you need to select the materials very carefully. That green cladding will not stand the test of time visually imo although never seen it used on a building of that height yet so could be proved wrong. Anywhere it has been used it looks cheap and nasty (its all over Galway and looks horrible). They could have at least used some real copper !
Given the asking price of the apartments – I’ve been given indications – they could certainly afford better materials.
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