Mate of mine was involved in some of the test evacuations of the pod recently. From what he described I hope it doesn't get stuck........200 people will need to be individually winched down......
I like it. And it is getting a hell of a lot of media coverage not just in the UK but abroad as well. And it should return a cool million to the tax payer every year. I'm struggling to see any meaningful realistic negative here.
The concept is good and the pod design interesting. For me Brighton is not the location. Stick it in central London, New York, Cape Town,etc and it would work. Brighton just does not have the views to make it successful. Shame really.
How about that it looks appallingly ugly, like some hideous factory chimney creating a permanent disfigurement to a famous landscape?I'm struggling to see any meaningful realistic negative here.
How about that it looks appallingly ugly, like some hideous factory chimney creating a permanent disfigurement to a famous landscape?
i wonder whether locals would have objected to the Royal Pavilion when built? today its celebrated as core part of the City's identity.
Great news how did you work out tax payers will make a million a year from this?
I said return, and as it's widely reported in the press I'm not sure I understand the point you're trying to make.
How about that it looks appallingly ugly, like some hideous factory chimney creating a permanent disfigurement to a famous landscape?
How does it return a million a year to tax payers?
It's no worse than some of the other abominations along the seafront. If you're suggesting the Brighton and Hove seafront is a glorious and contiguous parade of Regency architecture then I presume you don't live in, or know the city, very well.
You are quite right. Some of the Brighton seafront is in an appalling state.
My point is more about the idea the seafront is a continuous/contiguous parade of Regency architecture. It's not, it's a real mish-mash of styles from pretty much every decade since the Regency period.
Is this a genuine question? And mine is a genuine question.