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And more importantly lets not forget the traditionary delay that every project is due. I doubt that they ll will be ready in 4 years. but we’ll see

Its hard to comment with out any idea of the degree of these problems, if you take a picture and put it up here it would help alot. Settlement cracks are common and that is probably what is wrong with the wall. Can’t really say about the bricks under the tank because i’m not really sure what you mean. And the path may not have been laid right. But like I said, hard to tell with out a picture, may be a little or large problem.

Exactly PTB, in many people eyes it isn’t anytyhing special. But that was said about alot of structures. It has the best potential to become an international landmark

@PDLL wrote:

Egypt isn’t a city – it is a country (topic is world city icons). Most, but sadly not all, schoolkids would have gotten that right.

Obviously egypt isn’t a country, but thats why I said Giza also. The pyramids are a national symbol as well as a city symbol. If you were to include a great temple from every anient city in egypt or greece it wouldn’t be as well known to joe soap on the streets. Exactly like the Taj Mahal comment from jungle.

L.A. – The HOLLYWOOD sign

and in San francisco – The golden Gate Bridge

Spot on PTB, care to add Dublin and a suggest to that list,

The Empire State is by far the most famous skyscraper in the world, even though most people probably couldn’t recognaise it and only know the name. It would be nice to think Ireland could a land mark that people would know of it’s name through out the world.

@Morlan wrote:

I thought Molly was real 🙁

You can’t compare the Spike to the likes of Statue of Liberty, Eiffel Tower, etc. It’s just a flag pole with no flag on it.

It’s hard to believe that the best known image of France, the Eiffle tower, was greeted with much the same attitude as yours there. It was seen as nothing more than a radio tower, and was intended to be taken down in the early 20th century.

I didn’t paticular like the spike when it was revieled but it has grown on me. And I rate it far above the likes of “Molly”. Some of our more famous buildings might be more valued on an historical sense, such as the GPO, but the spike is the frontrunner to achieve international fame. When you see the statue of liberty you know its nw york, when you see the eiffel tower even a child knows its Paris, The spike has a far greater chance, in years to come, to be a recognaisable symbol of ireland.

Glad to see your taking on board my colour poll idea,

I think we are all agreed that the best solution is a colour that “hides” the bridge as best as possible. Allowing for a much nicer view. I’d go for either a grey/green colour to blend the bridgeinto the buildings behind it. Or a dark blue colour

In a perfect world an expert sky blue cover job would hide the bridge completely, but I doubt it would be pulled properly.

@The Sunday Times January 08, 2006 wrote:

“We will do a major repainting of the bridge later this year,” said Barry Kenny, a spokesman for Iarnrod Eireann. “We are very happy that this is all resolved. All the ads are going, and the bridge is being restored to its former glory.”

The Eiffel tower in Paris is painted every seven years. Quite alot of it, maintenance on the tower includes applying 50 metric tons of three graded tones of paint every 7 years to protect it from rust. On occasion, the colour of the paint is changed. On the first floor, there are interactive consoles hosting a poll for the colour to use for a future session of painting.

I think that poll is a great idea and allow the colour scheme to change along with public opinion.

What I would suggest is that a similar city wide poll be held here in Dublin with regards to the loop line bridge. It could easily be run room this location. If somebody cared enough to put in the work, photomontage type pictures could also be set up to allow a better idea of how it would fit in once painted.
We could at least run a Poll here just for opinions sake.