Morlan
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Originally posted by Sue
quote:what a load of nonsense. It’s another attempt by the Catholic fascist majority to shove their nonsensical beliefs down our throats
Here here. It’s the most horrid looking thing ever. It should be removed as part of the O’C rejuvination.
Originally posted by Sue
quote:what a load of nonsense. It’s another attempt by the Catholic fascist majority to shove their nonsensical beliefs down our throats
Here here. It’s the most horrid looking thing ever. It should be removed as part of the O’C rejuvination.
Originally posted by notjim
this is a bit of a change of topic but i always thought that we should make a huge glass (or perspex) dome to fit over larkin at christmas, then it could filled with artificial snow and giant fans which would switch on for a few seconds when you put a euro (for the poor or whatever) in a box. leaving it to fall gently on our hero.:p That sounds so tacky! Bring it on.
Thanks Graham, they’re greats pics.
It has been so long since I’ve been in Dublin, I didn’t realise that the roads on the street had been narrowed.
Is it buses and taxis only now?
Also, now that there is more footpath space, will the restaurants and pubs on the street be able to put some outdoor seating for the summer? There was always a lack of outdoor seating in Dublin in the summer compared to other Europeann cities.
That’s great. Somebody told me that the Burger bars on O’Connell St are to be removed, Burger King, MacDonalds etc. Is this true? And what sort of changes are being made to various shop fronts? I take it that neon lighting is now a no no.
Originally posted by J. Seerski
Massive new light fittings are being placed at four corners of the new plaza – I await with interest….COOL! I take it that these will be to light up the spire??
At last!!
Originally posted by d_d_dallas
Yeah… how did the Wellington Monument escape unharmed? Is Phoenix Park too far away for semtex or something…?Bombing something in the Phoenix Park would have been too easy for them.
Bombing a structure right in the city centre would have had more of an impact I guess.Easy now, I didn’t set out to cause a CAPS fueled agro. 🙂
USING THAT ANALYSIS, MORLAN, WE SHOULD BULLDOZER DUBLIN CASTLE, THE WELLINGTON MONUMENT IN THE PHOENIX PARK, LEINSTER HOUSE ETC. ETC. GET REAL!
Not at all. I appreciate that these were all built by the British, and I’ve no problem with that, but the buildings you mentioned are not so symbolically ‘in-your-face’ as a statue of a historical British figure.
ER, COULD SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO ME HOW YOU PASTE OTHER PEOPLE’S QUOTES INTO YOUR SUBMIT REPLY!
When writing a new message, click the ‘Quote’ button and insert your text. Click OK.
Originally posted by Sue
How disgusting of the IRA to blow that up. That scumbag organisation, not content with murdering and maiming people in the name of Irish freedom, also took it upon itself to erase part of our architectural heritage in pursuit of its dim-witted fascistic attempt to create a united Ireland.
Much as I like the Spire, O’Connell Street looked far better with Nelson’s Pillar.
GrrrrrYes, it is a scumbag organisation I know, but I think that no matter how beautiful the monument was it would have to have been removed at some stage – it being a symbol of Ireland under British rule etc. I can’t say I’d be too happy seeing old King George III looking down on me as I eat my ham sandwich in modern Dublin.
Hypothetically Sue, if a beautiful giant statue of Oliver Cromwell graced the centre of O’Connell Street today, would you be more concerned about its visual impact or its sybolic impact? Would you call the government a ‘scumbag organisation’ if they removed this statue because of its inappropriate sybolic nature?
Originally posted by Diaspora
The Ballast House on Aston Quay and Appollo House spring to mind.
Yes, well I actually did that whilst laughing to myself! A Pub/Lounge with 16 floors?!?! :p
Thanks for your views.
Originally posted by phil
No, I don’t think that. As I said I like the concept but I found slightly misleading because of the camera angle. I personally invision any major high rise which might eventually happen in this city as happening around the pigeon house in an era when it is no longer a power station and the two chimneys are preserved as a reminder of the past etc etc. I know it is a completely of the wall idea, but it is just a thought.No your right! I get slightly frustrated with the above image because I know that I’ll never live to see a high rise Dublin 😮
I guess all I can do is dream – the above is a product of that. 🙂
Originally posted by phil
Morlan,
how long did you spend doing that image?Friday lunch break. You think it’s a complete waste of time don’t you?
Originally posted by phil
I suggest you have a look here:
http://www.commonsensescience.org/phil.htm – 6k
All the best
Phil
😀Great! Thanks for that. I printed it out just so I could feck it in the bin. 🙂
Originally posted by phil
I realised that;)
I think that the concept was interesting, but it would be easier to imagine the reality of it if the ‘pano lense wide shot’ was not used!Thanks
Phil
Yes, gathered that. 🙂 Actually I just made that up (Pano lense wide shot) but it’s certainly some sort of wide angled wizardry.
If I cut the image into two would you be happier?
Originally posted by Diaspora
I suggest that the government move the ‘National Infrastructure Bill’ eliminate all sources of objector and proceed to bend the Liffey.I suggest that the goverment change the Laws of Physics and force all lenses to magically bend light. 😉
Originally posted by phil
Will a massive bend in the Liffey be part and parcel of this utopian dream?:confused: It was taken with a Pano lense wide shot.
You may wish to start here:
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/V/Vision.html
