surrey jim
Not in Surrey
How high is it now and how high will it be once completed?
Got something to say or just want fewer pesky ads? Join us... 😊
Brighton i360 construction update.
- Thread starter symyjym
- Start date
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
It's going to be quite a sight. Travelling East out of the Southwick tunnel, already it is a visible land mark, with a further 58m, WOW!
Jack Straw
I look nothing like him!
MattBackHome
Well-known member
- Jul 7, 2003
- 11,731
Looks great already.
Pogue Mahone
Well-known member
- Apr 30, 2011
- 10,746
It's going to be magnificent. I am so looking forward to seeing it finished.
El Sid
Well-known member
Awesome. You'll be able to look over the top of Embassy Court.
Drove past it early this morning, complete abomination.
Should have rebuilt the pier with the money,
dejavuatbtn
Well-known member
Yep, If anyone had put a planning application in for some effing great chimney they would have been told to get stuffed. Whilst it's all very well having a pod going up and down, most of the time it will look like a great big chimney sticking out that you can see from just about every place in the city. Great view driving down Dyke Road!
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
How many completely cylindrical 162m tall lone chimneys have you seen exactly!?
El Sid
Well-known member
Shoreham power station is 106m - plenty tall enough.
People like you would have been against the Eiffel Tower.
El Sid
Well-known member
I bet you drive a Citroen Cactus.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Impreza
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
symyjym
Banned
- Thread starter
- #178
I've always thought it should have been built at the end of a new pier, not directly on the shoreline. The Spinnaker Tower is a great design and is sympathetic to it's location, I'm not sure I can say the same about the i360.
Maybe it's a fracking exporation in disguise?
Greg Bobkin
Silver Seagull
- May 22, 2012
- 14,857
It wasn't a case of either/or as I understand it – different pots of money for different 'projects'. I'm sure if someone thought it was worth – from a financial/profitable point of view – re-building the West Pier, then they would have stuck their hands in their pocket.
Anyway, I think it looks awesome, and can't wait to go on it. I ran past on Sunday morning, and it was nearly the height of the crane, with six or seven sections to still yet to go on. There's no doubt it's going to be tall!