The Spike
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rte news were quoting the city council tonight as saying that construction could be complete as early as thursday … it seems they plan to put all other sections up in one day once they get the weather for it.
Great photo’s fjp… did you notice if the very top section was there? would be good to get a shot cause you’d need some zoom lense once its up!Yeah theyre mentioned a lull in the weather and working at 3am. Guess we wont be sleeping that night.
Didn’t see the top section, though I certainly looked for it. All photos were taken through the railings with no extra access privelages…
3am??? Hmm. Still though, cool if it just went up all of a sudden.
fjp
not sure if i want to be on o’connell street at 3am friday morning brandishing cameras…. i like having cameras… i also like my face the way it is too 😀
Was down there this evening, and there were definately only three pieces there (unless the fourth is really well hidden).
Wow, 3AM. Not tonight, I suspect. There was some breeze blowing!
James
Third piece went up this morning at 6am… more pieces this morning… i’m off down there for the morning. If anyone is around, i’m the cold looking guy with the minolta camera bag.
Was down there at 8 – looking good, will head down again at lunchtime to see the 4th section hopefully in place.
Speaking of things appearing all of a sudden – the top section of the Crysler Building in New York appeared in 1 day and that surprised a lot of people!!!
third section is up ! can finally see it from my house out in the sticks here in tallaght …
Heard on the radio, aka the news, that the final 3 sections of the Spire are intended to go up by the end of the week…or even by tomorrow depending on the wind on the Beaufort scale. Let’s hope the winds abate and they do it, it will be historical for the city, the making of a new modern landmark for Dublin. Something for us all who are alive today to remember and tell our children.
Now thats never been known to happen has it! It looked great from Clontarf this morning with the morning sun shining on it. There are just one or two visible joins on the second section that take away from it a bit up close though!
Well, I stand corrected. I could see the crane from my apartment in Capel Street, so I went down there on my way to work. Looks great!
James
Jeez – I was going to look out the rear window of my gaff today and see if anything had happened, but just figured I wouldn’t bother (I was already late for work). A mistake it seems…
I’ll be down at lunch again. I’ll try and get a picture of Paul as well!!! 😉
fjp
So if you want to identify archeire contributors simply look for chaps taking photos at lunchtime (I’ll be the one in the navy overcoat!!!) Should we all wear carnations to allow for easy identification? 🙂
i have a picture of the tip… it has no point…
Tip shots
http://www.archeire.com/onsite/spike_construction/index.htmlGreat. I’d hate to be any non-archeire readers down there taking photos at lunch (and wondering why they’re getting “knowing looks” from complete strangers).
I’ll keep my eyes on the spar if I’m down around one, but it might be just a little later…
fjp
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