I thought that they had left the scaffolding tower in place to be honest. What particular function/form is this trying to represent, it certainly has no style, should do well in the 'turner' mind you
A lot of people who go up it will be foreign tourists, many of whom may well have spent all their money "up west" normally, but will take a visit to the park and therefore bring in cash to one of Londons poorer areas, albeit only for a day. That's the legacy.
Completely off topic whilst we wait for LL but why do designers think that sticking an "i" in front of anything immediately gives whatever piece of rubbish they are designing any added value at all? Where's it all going to end I thought to myself this morning as I tucked into my icrunchynutflakes?
Well that and the 21 acre Centennial Olympic Park right in the center of town and Turner Field (now home of the Atlanta Braves) which was converted from the Olympic Stadium.
The games here brought massive regeneration of the inner city.....the population grew from 3.5 mill in 1996 to nearly 6.5 mill now.
Feck knows what would happen if another 3 mill decided to move to London!
The Watts Towers in LA .. twice as attractive and cost about a fiver .. 20 million for a heap of scrap .. the monetary world HAS gone mad .. and we as a nation are sending aid to India while an Indian megamillionaire is defiling our country with this heap of rubbish !!
The Watts Towers in LA .. twice as attractive and cost about a fiver .. 20 million for a heap of scrap .. the monetary world HAS gone mad .. and we as a nation are sending aid to India while an Indian megamillionaire is defiling our country with this heap of rubbish !!
The Watts Towers in LA .. twice as attractive and cost about a fiver .. 20 million for a heap of scrap .. the monetary world HAS gone mad .. and we as a nation are sending aid to India while an Indian megamillionaire is defiling our country with this heap of rubbish !!
Not a fan then?
hahahaha .. you must think me a right old misery guts .. NO NO NO to 'the pretzel tower' and NO NO NO NO NO to maroon kit with silly collars
The Watts Towers in LA .. twice as attractive and cost about a fiver .. 20 million for a heap of scrap .. the monetary world HAS gone mad .. and we as a nation are sending aid to India while an Indian megamillionaire is defiling our country with this heap of rubbish !!
Surely it is up to him what he spends his money on?
The Watts Towers in LA .. twice as attractive and cost about a fiver .. 20 million for a heap of scrap .. the monetary world HAS gone mad .. and we as a nation are sending aid to India while an Indian megamillionaire is defiling our country with this heap of rubbish !!
Surely it is up to him what he spends his money on?
This is the Bridge which has just had £150m cut from its debt by the taxpayer. And for whose benefit?
the same 'type' of people who benefit from the Blackwall Tunnels, London Bridge, Tower Bridge, all other London Bridges and Tunnels (toll free), the Dartford Bridge and Tunnel, the M25 etc etc .. I don't really see the comparison betwen a public utility and a vanity project for a multimillionaire which has been part funded by the taxpayer whose interests you are keen to champion.
Capital expenditure on infrastructure is always worth every penny.
I'm just pointing out that you're bemoaning about £3.1m being spent on something you don't think is worth it but will have a lasting legacy and will be visited by hundreds of thousand paying tourists over the next decade, yet we haven't heard a single peep from you about the £150m of public money that has just been spent on reducing the debt of the Humber Bridge so that you only have to pay half of what you were paying two months ago to cross.
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What particular function/form is this trying to represent, it certainly has no style, should do well in the 'turner' mind you
Probably sponsorship BA?
http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/imagedays/olympicflametower.htm
The games here brought massive regeneration of the inner city.....the population grew from 3.5 mill in 1996 to nearly 6.5 mill now.
Feck knows what would happen if another 3 mill decided to move to London!
http://www.mittal.com/socialactivities.htm
Someone paid $120m for a painting last week and it's one of four. One man's art is another mans space programme.
Stop moaning LL and just let some people who enjoy this sort of thing enjoy it. After all it won't be costing you a penny.
This is the Bridge which has just had £150m cut from its debt by the taxpayer. And for whose benefit?
I'm just pointing out that you're bemoaning about £3.1m being spent on something you don't think is worth it but will have a lasting legacy and will be visited by hundreds of thousand paying tourists over the next decade, yet we haven't heard a single peep from you about the £150m of public money that has just been spent on reducing the debt of the Humber Bridge so that you only have to pay half of what you were paying two months ago to cross.