O’Connell Street Monument
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99% less energy is utilised when recycling aluminium, as opposed to the original extraction process from bauxite.
If Dublin corporation were to recycle all the aluminium cans from their bins & streets, this would be an achievable eco-friendly method of building the spire.
Its also quite symbolic.
A symbol of prosperity & beauty, rising up from the pile of rubbish which it is created fromMK,
the spire is made from stainless steel, not aluminium.I thought so, but seeing as everyone was speaking of aluminium, I presumed my information was incorrect.
Which is it?The minister has taken over two months to make a final decision and yet there is still no answer forthcoming, what is he waiting for? We need a final decision either way so the regeneration of O’Connell Street can proceed with or without the spike.
As far as I can gather the best thing the spike has going for it is that it will encourage people to look up, thus avoiding the garish open sewer that is O’Connell St. at street level.
I heard tonight from quite a source that the Minister has decided to scrap the entire project – any comment?
it is starting to look that way now, if he was behind the project surely he would have given the go ahead before now. I think It will be a great shame if the monument does not go ahead and will be very curious to know exactley what the minister would suggest for the site should he not approve the monument.
I think it’s great and the sooner they build it the better.
For the cynics out there – look on the bright side. A giant metal spike will symbolise the way our city has been shafted over the years.Unfortunately, a mindset that rejects modern, revolutionary design, prevails among our public representatives. This is reflected in a preference for pastiche (like fake Georgian), which rejects architecture and public art that is progressive.
thankfully the IRA blew up nelson’s pillar. instead of considering what we should put up, why not look more closely at other things we should pull down. the corpo should invest the money set aside for the spike in setting up a new organisation who’s job it is to do away with similar offensive eyesores. any suggestions?
what’s the big deal about having a monument anyway? whatever gets erected will just date terribly like much of ireland’s modern architecture
Seamus, what a poxy attitude to have. “lets not build it because it will look dated” sweet jesus…. As Homer Simpson once said “trying is the first step towards failure”. Such a defeatest attitude. Typically Irish might I add.
As for putting the money into organisations to do away with “mistakes” of the past – on whos taste would we rely. Yours, mine, David Norris (We could all live in mock Georgian splendour), some gobshite minister from the country (remember Jimmy Tully, if not read about him in the Destruction of Dublin). Everybody’s taste is different, I like O’Connell Bridge House. My father hates busaras etc.
I heard somewhere that they were going to proceed with an “emasculated” version of the spire by chopping 20m off the top. What a cop out.
Please build it. It is a wonderful piece of art.
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