The Spike
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Where was that photo taken? The building in the middle looks almost exactly like my apartment building, but the surrounding buildings don’t look quite right, so I don’t think it is.
Oh, doctoring looks great, by the way.
James (confused)
So whats the latest? No news in the paper today ( I live in Holland so I can only read the Indo online).
Will the Spire/spike/ stiffy by the liffey etc be finished this weekend?:confused:
The story yesterday was that it wouldn’t proceed for at lest 48 hours, but if the wind calms, they could try over the weekend.
James
Is there anywhere on the web I can view some of the other entries for this competition? I’d love to have a look (and a laugh?) at some of the near misses which would no doubt now be in place had they won!
Some further details here
https://archiseek.com/content/showthread.php?s=&postid=156#post156This question was raised before, with limited success
https://archiseek.com/content/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1261&goto=nextoldestInteresting, thanks. I think we have a deserved winner judging from the bits and pieces I’ve seen and heard.
Hi all
I’ve been lurking here for the past few weeks just to keep an eye on this thread. It’s the best way to keep up to date with what’s going on up in O’Connell Street.
Personally, I’m looking forward to the Spike. I can imagine better things, but I can imagine a lot worse. As someone old enough to remember when Leeson Street was Dublin’s idea of a night out I’m get a kick out of anything positive that happens in the city. Shame though that the Corpo aren’t taking advantage of the PR opportunity to have a spikewatch at their own site, instead of leaving it up to people like Paul and FJP to provide a public service.
Does any physicist out there know if the spike will cast a shadow? If so, I’ve been suggesting for the last year or so that some good-hearted philanthropist with bags of money should commission public sculptures (any old subject) at twelve strategically chosen locations in the streets around. Then we’d have the largest sundial in the world as well 🙂
Nice sundial idea. I guess it could work by placing things at uneven distances fomr the spike, so that they wouldn’t be obvious straight away…
And this really is a good source of info, so well done again to Paul. In the meantime, here’s Dundrum looking inwards again…
fjp
Good photos also in Frank McDonald’s excellent book ‘ The construction of Dublin’ of the also-rans. They were truly awful!
I love the sundial idea, had occurred to me as well when I was on the street yesterday. It would be so cool to have pieces mounted on the buildings.
Hi, this is an urgent urgent request and I get the impression that someone on this thread may be able to help me.
I need a high resolution picture of the Spike, preferably one of the computer-generated images that I often see floating about. Also, it needs to be a profile picture rather than landscape.
Can anyone help?! I have already requested this a number of times from the Corpo (or should that be City Council) press office but frankly they have been as helpful as a kick in the jaw. I’m relying on the kindness of real people now. Please send any large images you may have to tribune@campus.ie
Thank you,
Cormac
A picture of the Spike as it is proposed to look that is, not as it looks now… maybe that was obvious though.
Actually, seeing as how I am writing again, here’s one encounter I had with the Corpo press office just today:
Me: “Hi, can I get a high-resolution image of the Spike emailed to me please?”
Corpo: “(Silence)”
Me: “Hello?”
Corpo: “The what?”
Me: “The Spike…”
Corpo “(Long silence, then)… Ooohh, you mean the Spire…”
FERFECKSSAKES!
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