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Futuristic Lighthouse Replaces the Beatles as Coolest Thing About Liverpool

MrLister — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:43:25 PST

Liverpool is the European Capital of Culture 2008, which means they got given loads of money to develop the city. The lighthouse isn't very useful in a city with a world-class derelict harbour and shipyard!

MrLister

Futuristic Lighthouse Replaces the Beatles as Coolest Thing About Liverpool

Jeff-Minor — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:36:32 PST

Ziggurats in England. How quait. I agree that spire lighthouses seem nearly perfect within a range. Maybe it's just part of my programming.

Jeff-Minor

Futuristic Lighthouse Replaces the Beatles as Coolest Thing About Liverpool

ideaman2020 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:35:27 PST

@DrMathochist: It's an homage to the Ziggurats.

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Futuristic Lighthouse Replaces the Beatles as Coolest Thing About Liverpool

froggy — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:58:13 PST

oh lord, light houses are cool the way they are... there is something just magical about them and we should not change them.

froggy

Futuristic Lighthouse Replaces the Beatles as Coolest Thing About Liverpool

Katana_Mind — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:42:07 PST

Now, I know it was quite sometime since I donned my nautical hat and fared on the seven seas, but, a lighthouse?
Don't we use GPS and lasers and radar to assist navigation?

Katana_Mind

Futuristic Lighthouse Replaces the Beatles as Coolest Thing About Liverpool

Jeff-Minor — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:37:22 PST

I tend to like symmetry. I guess building it to look like anything from the past would be considered uninspired. I wonder where the designer got their inspiration. Nature?

Jeff-Minor

Futuristic Lighthouse Replaces the Beatles as Coolest Thing About Liverpool

antimatty — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:30:42 PST

i think that its ugly as hell, but that white bit at the top would look cool by itself. it should just be a giant glowing white spire. like the inverse of saurons tower.

antimatty

Futuristic Lighthouse Replaces the Beatles as Coolest Thing About Liverpool

DrMathochist — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:27:51 PST

Am I the only one who thinks it looks like a giant pack of cigarettes?

DrMathochist

Futuristic Lighthouse Replaces the Beatles as Coolest Thing About Liverpool

aspiringexpatriate — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:54:18 PST

You hope it doesn't get picked? What are the other options?

aspiringexpatriate