Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Mound

[Sam]

Ah, then I apologise.

[Sits]

Hang on where is this?! Speaker’s Corner i.e. inside the park, or outside the park all over the road and Marble Arch?

Clowns.

[Nefertiti2]

Heatherwick would have cost more than £2m, but would have at least been vaguely competent.

Don't think the people who paid for B of the Bang would agree with you on comeptence

The sculpture was commissioned in 2003; construction overran and the official unveiling was delayed until 12 January 2005. Six days before the launch, the sculpture suffered the first of three visible structural problems as the tip of one of the spikes detached and fell to the ground. Legal action to repair the sculpture was started by Manchester City Council a year later, resulting in an out-of-court settlement totalling £1.7 million.^[2]

In February 2009, Manchester City Council announced that the sculpture would be dismantled and placed in storage.^[3] Despite the promise of storage and potential reassembly, the core and legs of the sculpture were cut apart during removal. The core was sold for scrap in July 2012, with the 180 spikes reported to have been placed in storage for an undecided future use.^[4][5][6]

or Roastmaster buses


ior the particularly ugly edifice in New York which has just been closed as a suicide risk

[ursus arctos]

Hang on where is this?! Speaker’s Corner i.e. inside the park, or outside the park all over the road and Marble Arch?

Clowns.

From Google Maps,.it appears to be on the plot next to Marble Arch and across Cumberland Gate from Speaker's Corner.

[Gangster Octopus]

Apparently it's half over Marble Arch. Not been to town since the Before Times, so I don't know for certain.

[ursus arctos]

There is support for that on the architects' site.

https://www.mvrdv.nl/projects/456/ma...ll?photo=20009

[Benjm]

The architects' original plan was to cover the arch itself but that was nixed due to the risk of damaging it, so the current structure is a compromised version of a questionable concept.

[ooh aah]

The architects' original plan was to cover the arch itself but that was nixed due to the risk of damaging it, so the current structure is a compromised version of a questionable concept.

What's their next project? A cylinder to cover the cenotaph? A massive bin liner over St Paul's?

[ursus arctos]

Christo has been dead for several years

There's a gap in the market

[Ginger Yellow]

What's their next project? A cylinder to cover the cenotaph? A massive bin liner over St Paul's?

[ursus arctos]

Closed until further notice

They say that they were surprised by the rain

[Sits]

Well it’s London, they couldn’t be blamed for banking on fine weather.

[Benjm]

Usually we have to wait until November or December for the traditional bad Winter Wonderland story.

The Mound has offered that same note of gaiety in high summer and all involved should be congratulated upon their contribution towards the national healing process.

[Nefertiti2]

Don't think the people who paid for B of the Bang would agree with you on comeptence



or Roastmaster buses


ior the particularly ugly edifice in New York which has just been closed as a suicide risk

The genius of Heatherwick

https://twitter.com/1010wins/status/1420858773195919365?s=21

[ursus arctos]

Given that Hudson Yards is already the most expensive flop in the history of New York City real estate, the Vessel is a rather fitting "tribute"

[NHH]

How long can the financiers bear failed residential development before foreclosure?

[ursus arctos]

I don't know the details of the financing, but I would think that will take a while.

The initial leases kept the, afloat; the problem is that renewals look rather unlikely and that the residences look to be losing value. It will be a saga, somewhat like Canary Wharf (though the mix is rather different).

One also can't discount government intervention, given the massive political influence the industry has.

[Sporting]

Given that Hudson Yards is already the most expensive flop in the history of New York City real estate, the Vessel is a rather fitting "tribute"

I see that serious consideration is being given to closing this permanently due to "successful" suicide attempts.

[ursus arctos]

Four so far - the latest a 14 year old in front of his family.


The Guardian has a piece about the developer and Heather wick."have tried everything", but they continue to refuse to erect the barriers that the local authorities have asked for since it was first proposed.

[Sporting]

I suppose, playing devil's advocate, that it's impossible and often aesthetically undesirable to errect tall barriers on every potential suicide risk structure or landscape feature, be they bridges, skyscrapers or cliffs.

[ursus arctos]

This is an entirely ornamental structure that serves no real function.

If they refuse to modify a design that has been a clear risk from the outset for "aesthetic" reasons (the city asked for taller clear barriers), they have blood on their hands and should be sued into penury.

[Nefertiti2]

https://twitter.com/hs_wilkins/status/1421779454645387266?s=20

[ursus arctos]

https://twitter.com/bbcnews/status/1426083681102450688?s=21

[Ginger Yellow]

She said: "Doing nothing was never an option.

When you think about it, we couldn't not charge people for climbing up a shitty hill.

[Benjm]

There is excellent availability of free tickets at all times of day for the rest of the month after this weekend. I'm tempted to go along. It reminds me a bit of when the Millennium Bridge by the Tate was closed due to wobbling but only protected by a waist height fence so you could go for a stroll on it after the pub. Waiting for the relaunch just isn't the same.