Marble Arch is going to get a hill and it's going to be called The Mound

[editor]

It's actually well worth visiting now

Lightfield infinity room – it’s finally worth visiting the Marble Arch Mound! -

I visited the Marble Arch Mound in August this year, and found myself thoroughly underwhelmed by it. Even as a free attraction there was little to recommend it, with the climb to the top being rewarded with some deeply unspectacular views. However, it's now become a place I would definitely...

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[Santino]

I saw a You Tube video tonight about it (Jago Hazzard) I actually thought it looked quite good for about two seconds till they showed the sides, the steps a d the appalling view. God the whole thing looked shit. Glad I watched it as I had half a mind to wander down next time I’m in town but know will save the shoe leather…

ETA - here is the video…

Surely 'Jago Hazzard' is just a silly name that someone would make up and pretend was an obscure jazz musician or something.

 

[skyscraper101]

Surely 'Jago Hazzard' is just a silly name that someone would make up and pretend was an obscure jazz musician or something.

Jago Hazzard is great! His channel is one of my favourites on all of YouTube.

https://youtube.com/c/JagoHazzard

 

[two sheds]

There's loads of abandoned railway lines like that round here (mid Cornwall), mainly to serve the old mines - also 1800s ish.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Surely 'Jago Hazzard' is just a silly name that someone would make up and pretend was an obscure jazz musician or something.

I was thinking Star Wars character. Probably a bounty hunter or smuggler.

 

[stockwelljonny]

The Mound looking good last weekend

 

[DaveCinzano]

Looks like an art installation commenting on the bombing and shelling of Ukraine

 

[Spymaster]

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The Mound looking good last weekend

At fucking last. That was a total embarrassment.

 

[BristolEcho]

£6m it cost apparently.

 

[two sheds]

pointless exercises #27

 

[T & P]

I reckon Disney could use the structure in its current state as a backdrop for one of the numerous Star Wars miniseries they're filming at the moment. It has a Galactic Emprire installation look about it...

 

[pbsmooth]

have been past a few times and seeing them dismantle it, blokes sawing endless bits of wood so they fit in the skip, the general shittyness of the construction, you can't help but think what a fucking scam.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Why has no one been nicked for this?

 

[High Voltage]

We've got a real one of those in our garden . . . well, that basically, IS our garden

 

[High Voltage]

And I don't mean the taxi

 

[spitfire]

We've got a real one of those in our garden . . . well, that basically, IS our garden

Well there's your wifi problem, it doesn't work going uphill.

 

[hash tag]

To dismantle it WAS £660,000 (Past tense). Or is this the cost of the "dressing" excluding the scaffolding? The scaffolding is still there as of last night! Marble Arch Mound: Pulling down the tourist attraction cost £660,000

 

[hash tag]

All praise the mound. It could have done for the Tories

 

[spitfire]

All praise the mound. It could have done for the Tories

Worth every fucking penny.

 

[spring-peeper]

Not to be outdone by your mound, Montreal is gonna have a ring downtown to attract tourists. Difference is that it will be permanent.

https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20220426150452-db817509b7f07940207b3360fe541fa1f1aa99b442ffacaace37755d360cf485-1.jpg?w=2048

(click on link to see the Ring)

"An architectural rendering of The Ring by Claude Cormier + Associés is shown in this undated handout photo. The giant steel ring weighing more than 23,000 kilograms will soon loom over downtown Montreal, all in the name of public art."

The Ring will be pieced together on site.

It will be heated to prevent ice buildup in the winter and will have vibration dampeners for strong winds and potential earthquakes.

A grand unveiling to the public is scheduled sometime in September.

It will cost 5 million CAD.

 

[klang]

that's only 217.31 CAD / kg.

 

[hash tag]

But that is art, its not a pile of dung plonked on a traffic island.

 

[editor]

I kind of don't mind it given that the area is already really bland and as ugly as fuck.

 

[A380]

Not to be outdone by your mound, Montreal is gonna have a ring downtown to attract tourists. Difference is that it will be permanent.

https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20220426150452-db817509b7f07940207b3360fe541fa1f1aa99b442ffacaace37755d360cf485-1.jpg?w=2048

(click on link to see the Ring)

"An architectural rendering of The Ring by Claude Cormier + Associés is shown in this undated handout photo. The giant steel ring weighing more than 23,000 kilograms will soon loom over downtown Montreal, all in the name of public art."

The Ring will be pieced together on site.

It will be heated to prevent ice buildup in the winter and will have vibration dampeners for strong winds and potential earthquakes.

A grand unveiling to the public is scheduled sometime in September.

It will cost 5 million CAD.

I quite like that.