Arena Central Sweepstake Thread - Page 5

June 2nd, 2006, 01:17 PM

I reckon we could 250 posts on this thread before the day is out

June 2nd, 2006, 01:19 PM

AC will be a Brum icon like the Rotunda and Selfridges are today. a 187m toothpast tube in my bathroom would be immense.

Erebus555 · June 2nd, 2006, 01:19 PM

Well, lets get posting

Just keep it on subject though. We dont want an argument starting about something irrelevant.

Engels · June 2nd, 2006, 01:28 PM

I'd be very happy to see a tower of very similar height to our Beetham on the opposite corner but while i thought the photoshop somebody did a while ago of an exact replica on the opposite corner looked fab i don't want a carbon copy tower.. rather something that is an improvement on HCT.. hopefully one with a better back.

FLD · June 2nd, 2006, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Engels

I'd be very happy to see a tower of very similar height to our Beetham on the opposite corner but while i thought the photoshop somebody did a while ago of an exact replica on the opposite corner looked fab i don't want a carbon copy tower.. rather something that is an improvement on HCT.. hopefully one with a better back.

It's got to be a curved or cylindrical building to reflect HCT, the Debenhams building and also the curvey lines of Smallbrook Queensway. A square boring slab, the type of which seem commonplace in Manchester, would look completely out of place on this site. Birmingham is more curvey ...... a more sexy place!

pirlo_21 · June 2nd, 2006, 02:21 PM

190m

June 2nd, 2006, 03:41 PM

Now, what if we had one mega structure reaching all the way around to the bull-ring, A nice 180m pinnacle lowering to a respectable 45m

June 2nd, 2006, 03:46 PM

Now what about that with a 1000ft mega office block at Paradise Circus

Smileyface would have one hell of a view

Erebus555 · June 2nd, 2006, 03:53 PM

Smiley's house value would triple.

Smileyface · June 2nd, 2006, 04:06 PM

Blimey

Erebus555 · June 2nd, 2006, 04:11 PM

I would pay an awful lot to have that view... but truth is, they havent been built yet and I dont think the house is for sale

Smileyface · June 2nd, 2006, 04:32 PM

It is a great view and it looks better at night, especially during the winter when everything's lit up around 5pm. Here's a shot with an half built HCT but just imagine the same evening shot with a 180M AC Tower and some of the other proposals all lit up.

I'll post it as a link coz it looks like I forgot to resize this

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...02/Skyline.jpg

Smileyface · June 2nd, 2006, 04:34 PM

I'm confident that AC's height will be around 180-190 Metres and if Goth's hinting at something bigger in the pipeline too, wow!

June 2nd, 2006, 04:38 PM

Imagine the excitment if we get AC renders and then news of an even taller tower. I know I would'nt just wet myself

Anyhoo, here's Smileys image, I cut a bit off the rubbish out aswell mate hope you dont mind, and to think thats not even half of the skyline

Erebus555 · June 2nd, 2006, 04:40 PM

HCT is still being built there

June 2nd, 2006, 05:07 PM

Smileyface · June 2nd, 2006, 05:12 PM

Holy Maccarone!! I'd try to get some more current night shots but they only really work in the winter when it gets dark at 5pm.

Erebus555 · June 2nd, 2006, 05:15 PM

Give it 6 months then... As for AC 30 days!

Blunther · June 2nd, 2006, 05:17 PM

I reckon 172m 187 to spire.

caw123 · June 2nd, 2006, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FLD

OK, Pinocchio.

June 2nd, 2006, 01:19 PM	#83
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June 2nd, 2006, 01:28 PM	#84
Engels Simples Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 4,100 Likes (Received): 7	I'd be very happy to see a tower of very similar height to our Beetham on the opposite corner but while i thought the photoshop somebody did a while ago of an exact replica on the opposite corner looked fab i don't want a carbon copy tower.. rather something that is an improvement on HCT.. hopefully one with a better back. __________________ You were born poor, naked and helpless. Everything in your life was given to you, the food you ate, the clothes you wore, the shelter you received. Most importantly of all you received an education. You were given this because people loved you, because people you never knew worked to feed you and long before you were born people died to protect you and to give you the opportunities they never had. Life doesn't owe you anything! YOU owe life!

June 2nd, 2006, 02:21 PM	#86
pirlo_21 Scaramouche, Scaramouche, Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Birmingham Posts: 2,084 Likes (Received): 17	190m __________________ We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm - George Orwell http://babbage.cs.qc.edu/courses/cs341/IEEE-754.html

June 2nd, 2006, 03:53 PM	#89
Erebus555 It's Sting. So What? Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bristol Posts: 31,246 Likes (Received): 4	Smiley's house value would triple. __________________ The UK Housing Wiki - Attempting to document every tower block, council estate, private estate, housing association, tower block construction/ demolition method, tower block architect, tower block construction company... etc etc, in the UK. Everything to do with postwar residences! - Please join and help! EREBUS - OFFICIAL MOD CANDIDATE 2011 - BRITISH MODS FOR BRITISH PEOPLE!

June 2nd, 2006, 04:11 PM	#91
Erebus555 It's Sting. So What? Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bristol Posts: 31,246 Likes (Received): 4	I would pay an awful lot to have that view... but truth is, they havent been built yet and I dont think the house is for sale __________________ The UK Housing Wiki - Attempting to document every tower block, council estate, private estate, housing association, tower block construction/ demolition method, tower block architect, tower block construction company... etc etc, in the UK. Everything to do with postwar residences! - Please join and help! EREBUS - OFFICIAL MOD CANDIDATE 2011 - BRITISH MODS FOR BRITISH PEOPLE!

June 2nd, 2006, 01:17 PM	#81
SimLim Guest Posts: n/a Likes (Received):	I reckon we could 250 posts on this thread before the day is out

June 2nd, 2006, 03:41 PM	#87
SimLim Guest Posts: n/a Likes (Received):	Now, what if we had one mega structure reaching all the way around to the bull-ring, A nice 180m pinnacle lowering to a respectable 45m

June 2nd, 2006, 03:46 PM	#88
SimLim Guest Posts: n/a Likes (Received):	Now what about that with a 1000ft mega office block at Paradise Circus Smileyface would have one hell of a view

June 2nd, 2006, 04:06 PM	#90
Smileyface BAND AID Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: back in Walsall.... Posts: 4,505 Likes (Received): 0	Blimey

June 2nd, 2006, 04:32 PM	#92
Smileyface BAND AID Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: back in Walsall.... Posts: 4,505 Likes (Received): 0	It is a great view and it looks better at night, especially during the winter when everything's lit up around 5pm. Here's a shot with an half built HCT but just imagine the same evening shot with a 180M AC Tower and some of the other proposals all lit up. I'll post it as a link coz it looks like I forgot to resize this http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...02/Skyline.jpg

June 2nd, 2006, 04:34 PM	#93
Smileyface BAND AID Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: back in Walsall.... Posts: 4,505 Likes (Received): 0	I'm confident that AC's height will be around 180-190 Metres and if Goth's hinting at something bigger in the pipeline too, wow!

June 2nd, 2006, 04:38 PM	#94
SimLim Guest Posts: n/a Likes (Received):	Imagine the excitment if we get AC renders and then news of an even taller tower. I know I would'nt just wet myself Anyhoo, here's Smileys image, I cut a bit off the rubbish out aswell mate hope you dont mind, and to think thats not even half of the skyline

June 2nd, 2006, 04:40 PM	#95
Erebus555 It's Sting. So What? Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bristol Posts: 31,246 Likes (Received): 4	HCT is still being built there __________________ The UK Housing Wiki - Attempting to document every tower block, council estate, private estate, housing association, tower block construction/ demolition method, tower block architect, tower block construction company... etc etc, in the UK. Everything to do with postwar residences! - Please join and help! EREBUS - OFFICIAL MOD CANDIDATE 2011 - BRITISH MODS FOR BRITISH PEOPLE!

June 2nd, 2006, 05:07 PM	#96
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June 2nd, 2006, 05:12 PM	#97
Smileyface BAND AID Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: back in Walsall.... Posts: 4,505 Likes (Received): 0	Holy Maccarone!! I'd try to get some more current night shots but they only really work in the winter when it gets dark at 5pm.

June 2nd, 2006, 05:15 PM	#98
Erebus555 It's Sting. So What? Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bristol Posts: 31,246 Likes (Received): 4	Give it 6 months then... As for AC 30 days! __________________ The UK Housing Wiki - Attempting to document every tower block, council estate, private estate, housing association, tower block construction/ demolition method, tower block architect, tower block construction company... etc etc, in the UK. Everything to do with postwar residences! - Please join and help! EREBUS - OFFICIAL MOD CANDIDATE 2011 - BRITISH MODS FOR BRITISH PEOPLE!

June 2nd, 2006, 05:17 PM	#99
Blunther Kebab Whore Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Brummagem, Weoley Castle Posts: 3,017 Likes (Received): 0	I reckon 172m 187 to spire.

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