Brighton's new i360 tower - a ' giant dildo with a cock-ring'

[sealion]

From the blurb,

The jury also felt that there was a sense of delight in the way the pod emerges from the bowels of the earth, which can be enjoyed by passers-by.

This is not my experience as a local who passes it almost daily. When the pod or should i say double curved ‘oblate ellipsoid rises from the ground the majority of passers by turn away. This is because you have a hundred plus tourists with cameras aimed at and snapping away in your direction

 

[bimble]

what does the "i" mean? - Is that lower case letter not trademarked yet ?

 

[ddraig]

eye i presume

 

[bimble]

As in eyepod?

 

[ddraig]

as in an eye in the sky or eye can see 360/far etc etc
or can't call it Brighton Eye due to London Eye and possibility of getting sued so let's be clever and call it ''i'
they were prob full of glee when someone came up with it!

 

[sealion]

what does the "i" mean? - Is that lower case letter not trademarked yet ?

“The ‘i’ stands for intelligence, innovation and integrity,” says David Marks, one half of Marks Barfield, the husband-and-wife architects behind the London Eye and now creators of the British seaside’s latest surreal spectacle. It might also stand for incredible – that their madcap scheme ever got off the ground.

 

[bimble]

Apple will be quite cross, iHope.

 

[fishfinger]

They should call it the iSore.

 

[sealion]

iHope.

Very good

 

[sealion]

They should call it the iSore.

When the tree outside my window sheds it's leaves i can see it. Cheers my winter up no end

 

[Indeliblelink]

They should call it the iSore.

We do, that is it's nickname in Brighton.

 

[Artaxerxes]

It has won awards, don't you know British Airways i360

Definite circle jerk by the RIBA

 

[sealion]

i360 loses its world record title to Texan rival

 

[cupid_stunt]

Spotting this thread made me laugh, because an old mate was in it when it first broke down, and the replies to his FB post were so funny, not that I can find them now, but I was reminded of this...

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Brighton i360’s fate tied to financial restructuring specialist’s advice

 

[cupid_stunt]

Brighton i360’s fate tied to financial restructuring specialist’s advice

That doesn't surprise me, it's over-hyped & over-priced.

I actually had a free [dark] evening 'flight' on the i360, the free champagne was nice, but otherwise it was all a bit pointless - oh, look a load of lights, some sticking out to sea (the pier), be buggered if I would pay £15+ to go up in it.

 

[Mrs D]

£15? Sounds like it would be worth about £4. Compare with Southend pier return train ticket at £5.20 and Saltburn Cliff Lift £2 return.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

I’ve had a beer in the seafront bar, that’s about as far as I’ve been with it

 

[Lord Camomile]

Was in Brighton last Friday and we briefly considered going up it.

Didn't.

 

[Indeliblelink]

Presume we've seen Norman's set up there. the crowd mostly look like they wish they were somewhere else or maybe they just realized there's no toilet.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Boss of i360 quits before crucial meeting

Quits but still paid until the end of Feb next year? How the fuck does that work then? Corporate fucking slugs!

 

[Pickman's model]

Boss of i360 quits before crucial meeting

Quits but still paid until the end of Feb next year? How the fuck does that work then? Corporate fucking slugs!

next time i resign i'm going to refer my bosses to this decision.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Wasn't aware that it's the residents of Brighton & Hove who have funded this thing. And in classic neo-liberal tradition it will be a private company that reaps any profits, but the muggy council tax payers who'll bear any losses.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Wasn't aware that it's the residents of Brighton & Hove who have funded this thing. And in classic neo-liberal tradition it will be a private company that reaps any profits, but the muggy council tax payers who'll bear any losses.

The whole thing was originally supposed to be privately financed, then they went cap in hand to the council for a £15m loan, that ended-up being a £36m loan - towards the total cost of £46m.

Of course, it was the Green Party in minority control of the council at the time, bless them.

 

[editor]

Presume we've seen Norman's set up there. the crowd mostly look like they wish they were somewhere else or maybe they just realized there's no toilet.

Looks very tired and desperate.

 

[ice-is-forming]

Presume we've seen Norman's set up there. the crowd mostly look like they wish they were somewhere else or maybe they just realized there's no toilet.

I had completely forgotten how long twilight is in England!

 

[moon]

The whole thing was originally supposed to be privately financed, then they went cap in hand to the council for a £15m loan, that ended-up being a £36m loan - towards the total cost of £46m.

Of course, it was the Green Party in minority control of the council at the time, bless them.

Yes one thing I have learnt about the Green Party is that they are completely green in terms of economy and finance, the business sector takes full advantage of this..

 

[cupid_stunt]

The cunts behind the i360 not only got a fuck off loan from the council also got the ferris wheel to fuck off

We are getting a giant ferris wheel this year, they are getting ready to drive foundations into the beach, between the pier & lido.

BUILDERS have started work on a big wheel as tall as nine double-decker buses.

The 46-metre high Worthing Observation Wheel (WOW), the biggest on the south coast, began construction today.
The WOW will be open for a six to nine month period between April and October for the next three years before it is dismantled each winter.

Builders start work on south coast's biggest Ferris wheel

 

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Because Worthing wants to compete with Brighton or Portsmouth in terms of exciting attractions.

 

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Debts of £51 million. How on earth did they manage to blow all that
BBC News - Brighton's debt-hit i360 files for administration

Brighton's i360 enters administration over £51m debt

The tourist attraction blames rising costs, unfavourable weather and the cost-of-living crisis.

www.bbc.com