The Spike
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Really? was down earlier this evening, in the darkness the spike has a beautiful black silky appearance as it disappears into the sky.
what an amazing piece of work the spire is, i would like to thank you for the wonderful photos on the website, i am currently living abroad and so appreciate them all the more.
the spire could be oh so famous yet, just think of the possibilities,
carlsberg dont do knitting needles but if they did!
kinda like christmas eve, cant wait for tomorrow to see it!
think i’ll check into the Oval tomorrow night for a pint and a good look close-up.
Its great!! One small niggle….is the steel blemished in places? I saw section 3 on it side yesterday and it seemed sort of blemished or pocked in places. Suppose that wont be visable from afar.
Does anyone agree that it could have been designed with a wider diameter at the base. The street could have taked a slightly bulkier base and still it could have tapered nicely. Just seems a bit narrow to me. Still , it has it beauty too! Roll on the lighting up ceremony. Im hoping to wake and find that they got all 6 sections up by morning.
Thanks heaps FJP
I’m heading back to live in Dublin next month after 3 years in Sydney(yes, I am mad!), however your latest photos of the Spike have been encouraging, is that blue sky in some of them photos !!!
Dublins very own Centrepoint !
Spire completion delayed by high winds
RTE NewsThe Chief Engineer on the project to complete the erection of the Spire on Dublin’s O’Connell St says the project will not recommence within the next 48 hours. Michael O’Neill said they now had to take stock of weather conditions before any further work on the project can be carried out. He added that the high winds which have hampered the project so far this week are due to continue for the next 48 hours so the project will be put on hold until then.
Alas, due to the windy weather it’s off until the weekend, still better late than never.
How about declaring it a national monument – thereby anyone who defaces it could be up for a major fine/prison.
I agree Rory…….no doubt there will be some ‘lost soul’ trying to plough a stolen car into it’s base or some ‘Cro Magnon’ trying to scrawl their name ‘Ug’ or ‘Man U’ on it’s base.
The gardai although only up the road are normally asleep too that they miss those things.
Here’s to the Spire, urban living and civilization itself.Delayed again
This is a great advert for the companies involved.
What were they all doing during the good weather last week and who’s footing the bill?This is a right circus!
oops. sorry I’d a fuzzy head on me earlier. I mistook a dublin bus depot aerial for the spike (!really!)
While waiting for the wind to die down, check out the latest public project aimed at revitalising Soap Lake in Washington State.
“The structure, similar to the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington, will provide worldwide interest and positive publicity for the City of Soap Lake, Grant County and the State of Washington.”
This was on the BBC during the week and made me wonder could it happen here… In fairness there were worse ideas entered in the Dublin competition…
Heard on the news this morning that there are 4 sections up at the moment. Looks like 3 to me. I presume the news (spin) got it wrong…?
Well, the Spike will certainly be a must-see for any tourist in Ireland. Hell, yesterday there were tourists getting their photos taken with it as a background.
The Lava Lamp sounds like a good idea and a terrible idea rolled into one. On one hand, lava lamps are a bit cliched and old, and the design looks a little too like a giant version of the “desktop” model. On the other hand, if anyone turns on a lava lamp in front of me I will stare at it, and so I would certainly go see this crazy thing if I was up visiting that dam. In summary – they should build it. It will bring in mney and tourists and be very, very pretty (especially at night). I’d certainly visit their web cam.
On other business: I think it’s four. See – the joins are pretty good!!
Alastair: “a bus depot aerial”????????????????????
fjp
I don’t know if they got the fourth piece up or not. Just stepped out onto Henrietta Street and it still seems to be the same distance above the school in the foreground on Bolton Street that it was yesterday. The crane being in the down position may make it look taller tho.
does anyone know if theres going to be a budget over-run due to delays. i was told a standard site crane costs around 1000 eupos a day to rent and operate, so how much does that monstrosity cost? even if it is just resting on its laurels most of the time.
i think peoples dismissal of the spike is a bit of a sham. the same lovely dublin folk who keep saying “disagrace-a” at the top of their voices for tv3’s cameras are the very people who this thing is aimed at. they are engaging with it, forming opinions, whether good or bad, and reacting to this piece of art, which is the whole purpose of the spike in the frst place.
good on ya bertie
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as an aside, how many people have heard “its nearly as big as mine,har har har” or “they’re havin a bit o bodder down dere lads, they need volunteers to put it up, har har har” or “i wonder if they’ll sit bertie up on top when its done, har har etcetera”Originally posted by fjp
Alastair: “a bus depot aerial”????????????????????
Not as mad as it sounds. The depot lies between me and the spike, and I’ve been watching the top of the crane from my window the last few days. When the crane had disappeared this morning, and there was a tall slender object in roundabout the same spot, I jumped to conclusions. As I say, my head was fuzzy.
I’m concerned about the ‘clean up job’ needed for the spike as it stands at the moment. It’s manky on the north earl street side, and there are bits of tape etc hanging off it quite high up. I would have thought the best place to sort that out was when it’s on the ground. Are they going to dangle a cleaning guy from a crane halfway up the thing when its finished or use those eyelets at the top to have someone absail up/down and clean it that way? Seems needlessly difficult.
The crane was rented at a flat fee for the entire job rather than per day. So any overrun won’t be due to the crane lying idle.
Fionas comments are interesting – a wonderful part of the project is the discussion provoked. Crowds looking at the work and waiting for the event are what makes the monument an occasion. And the thought of so many mystery archeire contributers with digital cameras there adds to this!
I don’t know where TV3 drag their stock “characters” from, but the comments that are featured in the vox-pops certaintly don’t reflect the comments I’ve heard down there recently.
People are engaging in a way that was missing from the competition. I think people were sceptical back then as to weather the project would be followed through on. If the spire gets completed (and indications are good!) it should bode well for public consultations, competions in the future.
And it looks cool too! Well done .
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