Um, this time the other pier (the collapsed one) is on fire. I didn't see the fire itself, but I was in town this afternoon and saw a bit of the smoke and the skeletal remains. Groovy.
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I say scrap them both and build a new and stronger one shaped like a Y, in the middle of the location of the old piers. Culture, art and concerts on the left "arm", Theme Park with arcade hall, restaurants and trashy karaoke on the right.
When I walked on the Brighton Pier in December the boards were weak, broken or rotted at several places. I don't think it has that many years left either...
The Arcade Hall made me so depressed. Fighting Games from 1990, Sega Rally, Super Trucker, the whole room soaked in the most disgusting cloud of Hashish I've ever smelled.
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Has the west pier just gone now? Or was the fire put out?
Who cares about a new pier - it's the spectacle of the engineering feet of the piers built back in the 19th century and the architecture style at the time.
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Wow, some fire. Yeah, it does look a little like CGI. That part of the pier is actually still standing, and so is the skeleton of the building. I thought it was haunting before; it's even more so now.
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RE: CGI Its probably just the webcam. Even high-end digital cameras still have a bit of a tendency to look rather well....digitalised and harsh compared to regular cameras.
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