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    Quote Originally Posted by ShoutingIsLeadership View Post
    The new harbour is a monstrosity and completely out of keeping with the character of the town
    Only saw this disaster when I was back home in April and climbed the Sugar Loaf. Couldn't figure out what the huge "thing" in Greystones was.
    Should be torn down. But it never will be. Just left to ruin the area.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ShoutingIsLeadership View Post
    The new harbour is a monstrosity and completely out of keeping with the character of the town
    To what extent is the current character of the town out of keeping with the character of the town as it was in the past?? Are you saying that dinosaurs roamed through the streets of Greystones as we know it today???

    And once completed will this not, by definition, be an integral part of the "character of the town"?? An evolved character that shoutyleadery type forum commenters of the future can insist needs "defending"???

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tombo View Post
    To what extent is the current character of the town out of keeping with the character of the town as it was in the past?? Are you saying that dinosaurs roamed through the streets of Greystones as we know it today???

    And once completed will this not, by definition, be an integral part of the "character of the town"?? An evolved character that shoutyleadery type forum commenters of the future can insist needs "defending"???
    The key word in your response is 'evolved', Tombo. This change was not evolutionary. The harbour jumped several stages of natural and logical development to become the monster I believe it now is. Many protested against this at the time, as they saw what it would become.

    There's no doubt the harbour was rundown and in need of change, but this was not the next step in its change - in my opinion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by eyelight View Post
    Only saw this disaster when I was back home in April and climbed the Sugar Loaf. Couldn't figure out what the huge "thing" in Greystones was.
    Should be torn down. But it never will be. Just left to ruin the area.
    It's so big it looks like somewhere a ferry could easily dock

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    Quote Originally Posted by CookieMonster View Post
    How long to they expect to take to build to completion, 500 years?
    If you knew the history of this development, you'd realise that your guess isn't actually that far off.

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