[BNM] massive tower

[graeme walker]

I guess I'm alone in liking beaches without towers then. I'm going to go and
dig a hole to compensate. Or something.

G



On 31/01/2008, Alan Pike <alanpike at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 31, 2008 9:00 PM, Tom Dussek (Hotmail) <tomdussek at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Personally, I think it's ace. But if you really want to get cross, can I
> > recommend you look at the Brunswick plans for the marina, and the Gehry
> > proposals for King Alfred.
> >
> > Tom Dussek
> >
> >
> Hear hear. the towers from the same team that did the london eye, its
> a superb thing. and one in the eye (geddit) for the palace pier people
> who allegedly really dont want any attractions down this end of the
> beach.  Not that you'll find me up it on a day like today, but I
> assume they've done their sums . . . .
> The Gehry project is a huge pile of gawdy turd, honestly, stick to
> brown field sites, Frank. And I'm a fan of "modern" achitecture, I'm
> one of the few people who will own up to being a fan of the hayward
> gallery south bank buildings.  But the king alfred development sucks,
> from flawed concept (how many flats?) to design. quite like the towers
> by themselves, (if you could ever see a picture of them that didn't
> make them so pale and wispy against the sky they almost weren't there,
> cos they sure as hell not going to look like that in real life) but
> the low rise is a huge pile of poo.  ok, ok. I'm getting a bit hot
> under the collar. I'll stop.
> And its not just cos its going to be just down the road from my house,
> and its going to tick me off every time I walk the dog.  And they'll
> have to start a rota system just to get INTO Tescos. Everyone in
> parking zone O, you can shop on tues and thurs. zone M, you can go mon
> and wed.
> Course once its up I'll love it.
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