Dublin und die Metallspitze :|

[RaumKraehe]

Tja was hat es mit dieser Spitze auf sich? Bei Wikipedia finde ich nur folgendes:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spire

Nun kann ich mir aber nicht vorstellen das man einfach so ohne Grund sone Spitze mitten in die Stadt stellt. Also warum wurde die da eigentlich hingestellt?

Hat das zufällig was mit den Nadeln in Rasterelektronen-Mikroskopen zu tun? War der Erfinder ein Ire? Wer weiß es?

[Plutos]

Als Ersatz für "Nelson's Pillar"? Quasi ein Denkmal für das Denkmal?

[RaumKraehe]

Mhm .. ein klein wenig mehr Symbolik hätte ich erwartet.

Vieleicht ja auch sowas wie: Als Symbol des wirtschaftlichen Aufschwinges den Irland gerade erlebt. Sowas wie "wir kommen an die Weltspitze".

Hab noch das gefunden:

The column to the memory of Nelson, which was one hundred and thirty-four feet high, was erected in 1808, the foundation stone having been laid by the Duke of Richmond, Lord Lieutenant, on the 5th of February in that year. William Wilkins of Norwich designed it, but the statue of Nelson is by an Irish sculptor, Thomas Kirk, R.H.A. Nelson's Pillar was erected by public subscription and cost £6,856. It was blown up in 1966 in the middle of the night, but the head of Nelson has been preserved by the Dublin Civic Museum.

Scheint wohl auch nen hohes dünnes Ding gewesen zu sein.

Aber das Teil sieht teilweise recht geil aus. Passt zwar so überhaupt nicht zu dem Rest von Dublin aber das macht warscheinlich auch den Reiz aus. ;)

[RuteniuM]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spire_of_Dublin:
The monument itself was commissioned as part of a redesigned street layout in 1999. O'Connell Street (The widest and most famous street in Ireland; formerly Sackville Street) was perceived to have gone into decline from the 1970s. Some people blamed the appearance of fast food restaurants and the opening of bargain basement shops, all using cheap plastic, visually unattractive and obtrusive shop fronts, the existence of a number of derelict sites, and the unilateral decision of the IRA to blow up Nelson Pillar, as reasons for the decline in a once famous and attractive street.

In the 1990s, plans were launched to improve the streetscape. The excessive number of trees in the central reservation, which had overgrown and obscured the street's views and monuments, was reduced dramatically. Statues were cleaned and in some cases relocated. Shop-owners were required to replace plastic signage and frontage with more visually attractive designs. Private car traffic was re-directed where possible away from the street, with its number of traffic lanes reduced, to allow more 'public ownership' of the street for pedestrians. The centrepiece of this regeneration was to be a replacement monument for Nelson Pillar, the Spire of Dublin, chosen by a committee under the then chairmanship of the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Alderman Joe Doyle from a large number of submissions.

The choice of the monument proved controversial. Its cost at €4,000,000 (or well over IR£3,000,000 in contemporary currency before the appearance of the euro), was criticised, as was its design. Various nicknames were attached to it even prior to its erection (most famously, the "Stiletto in the Ghetto," "the Rod to God", the "Erection at the Intersection," and the "Stiffy by the Liffey"). One critic sought judicial review of the choice. However on its erection in January 2003, much of the criticism subsided. Two remained: its cost and the fact that it could not be used as a viewing platform, unlike its predecessor, Nelson Pillar, which provided spectacular views of Dublin. Es ist wie schon gesagt wurde, soetwas wie ein Ersatz für das alte Monument, das zerstört wurde.

[RaumKraehe]

Ja, hatte ich auch gerade gefunde. :) Hätte mal gleich das "de" gegen das "en" in der URL tauschen sollen. :)

Nun gut Thema hat sich erledigt. :)

[AtTheDriveIn]

The column to the memory of Nelson, which was one hundred and thirty-four feet high, was erected in 1808, the foundation stone having been laid by the Duke of Richmond, Lord Lieutenant, on the 5th of February in that year. William Wilkins of Norwich designed it, but the statue of Nelson is by an Irish sculptor, Thomas Kirk, R.H.A. Nelson's Pillar was erected by public subscription and cost £6,856. It was blown up in 1966 in the middle of the night, but the head of Nelson has been preserved by the Dublin Civic Museum.

Scheint wohl auch nen hohes dünnes Ding gewesen zu sein.

naja geht
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/16/Nelsons_Pillar_Dublin.jpg/368px-Nelsons_Pillar_Dublin.jpg

Also ich finde die Spire nicht gerade passend. Liegt nicht an der Skulptur selber, sondern in der Umgebung in der sie steht. In einer anderen Stadt/Locatioen sicherlich sehr eindrucksvoll.

[Demokrit]

Das Ding sieht leider nicht sehr gut aus. Man sieht jede Schweißnaht. Wirklich klasse wär das Ding, wenn es wie aus einem Gus zu sein scheint. Wäre wohl zu teuer gewesen.
So hat es ein wenig den Charme eines Industrieschornsteins...

[govou]

Hat das zufällig was mit den Nadeln in Rasterelektronen-Mikroskopen zu tun? War der Erfinder ein Ire? Wer weiß es?

Das Rastertunnelmikroskop wurde afair von einem Schweizer und von einem Deutschen entwickelt.