Roy5051
Reged: 02/09/2001
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Loc: Somerset UK
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Great location, on Gunwharf Quays near docks at Portsmouth.
Great lines, good viewing platform, great views. 
PLEASE DISREGARD PREVIOUS POST
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Roy
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Lounge Lizard
Old Wrinkly
Reged: 17/01/2004
Posts: 17885
Loc: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Have they finished building it yet? Do the lifts work? 
Is the same company building the Olympic stadia for 2012? 
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Lounge Lizard
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
Winston Churchill
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AGW
Reged: 03/10/2003
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Loc: Ayrshire
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....does it have a roof?
Graeme
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Roy5051
Reged: 02/09/2001
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Loc: Somerset UK
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Yes it is finished. The inside lift worked when I visited in March, but they were still awaiting final clearance on the outside lift. And AGW, yes it has a roof and three floors, one of which is partially glass. The views are fantastic, they give a new perspective on the Portsmouth Harbour area.
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Why do people with expensive cameras say you don't need one to take good photographs
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El Sid
Going potty
Reged: 14/04/2003
Posts: 9437
Loc: Sussex-by-the-Sea
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Have they finished building it yet? Do the lifts work?
Is the same company building the Olympic stadia for 2012?
Yes, no, I hope not.......... 
Surely you haven't forgotten my pictures of Portsmouth's Pointy Thing........
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El Sid
Going potty
Reged: 14/04/2003
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Yes it is finished. The inside lift worked when I visited in March, but they were still awaiting final clearance on the outside lift.
And still we wait....................[bored, finger drumming exasperated smiley]
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ElSid Gallery
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Lounge Lizard
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Loc: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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And still we wait..................
Wasn't it meant to be ready for the millenium? Only they didn't say what millenium...
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Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
Winston Churchill
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chrisgatcum
Reged: 02/06/2004
Posts: 12
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Watch out for the green tinted glass if you want to shoot out from the viewing areas... found that out with the Sony R1 test!
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huwevans
Old Hand
Reged: 05/08/2000
Posts: 15408
Loc: Dorset, UK
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Yes - I had to do some serious white-balancing acts after my visit. Happily I always shoot RAW, so it was no bother once I'd found the right setting.
As for the lift, I don't know why that's such a problem - I guess it must be more complex than your average lift. There were two guys working on it when I was there, so they're definitely trying.
But I'll give a hearty thumbs-up for the Spinnaker Tower - I know milennium projects years behind schedule are a standing joke, but it's a really beautiful tower, and well worth a visit. Catch it in the early morning or late afternoon sunshine, if you can.
These pictures from my visit last November:
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chris000
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Reged: 30/11/2005
Posts: 1267
Loc: Wiltshire, UK
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The views are fantastic, they give a new perspective on the Portsmouth Harbour area.
Wow, a new perspective on Portsmouth Harbour! I hope its better than all the other perspectives I've seen  - BTW, did they ever demolish that monstrosity the Tricorn Centre?
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Lounge Lizard
Old Wrinkly
Reged: 17/01/2004
Posts: 17885
Loc: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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I think the Tricorn went some time ago. I'm not sure what they are doing/did instead.
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Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
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El Sid
Going potty
Reged: 14/04/2003
Posts: 9437
Loc: Sussex-by-the-Sea
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Yep the Tricorn is long since gone.
This
is what it is now...
Not sure it's that much of an improvement.
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ElSid Gallery
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Siuya
Cool Hand Chris
Reged: 21/07/2001
Posts: 9701
Loc: Knackers yard!
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Some cracking images there Huw
Chris
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huwevans
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Reged: 05/08/2000
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Loc: Dorset, UK
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Thanks Chris - it was one of those situations though, where the light was so good it would have been difficult not to get something good. :-)
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huwevans
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Not sure it's that much of an improvement.
Good picture though - I can't imagine me saying that about one of the old Tricorn. Admittedly I only saw it on the box whenever the local news did a story about how hideous it was, or subsequently when they were actually knocking it down, but it did look pretty awful.
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downfader
Mr Judgemental
Reged: 24/03/2005
Posts: 5468
Loc: Hugo Strange's Lab
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The same guy who did the Tricorn also did a local some local flats, I think. Always wanted to photo it, its ugly but in an appealing way. I think in this day and age people are quick to blame a buildings aesthetics as the cause of crime and disorder.
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El Sid
Going potty
Reged: 14/04/2003
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Loc: Sussex-by-the-Sea
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Not sure it's that much of an improvement.
Good picture though - I can't imagine me saying that about one of the old Tricorn. Admittedly I only saw it on the box whenever the local news did a story about how hideous it was, or subsequently when they were actually knocking it down, but it did look pretty awful.
Thanks Huw.
For most of it's existence it was pretty awful. Inside where the shops were meant to be it was always gloomy and dank, even on a hot summers day and the outside - once shiny and clean when the concrete was fresh - existed in assorted shades of dirty grey enlivened only by the odd streak of iron oxide red where the reinforcing bars were rusting.
Mind you to be fair to the engineers and builders who put it up it proved an absolute bastard to bring down............
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ElSid Gallery
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Roy5051
Reged: 02/09/2001
Posts: 704
Loc: Somerset UK
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Yes, it's now a car park, until they decide what to do with it!!
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Roy
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Keith_Roberts
newbie
Reged: 21/05/2006
Posts: 47
Loc: Portsmouth Hampshire
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There is already outline permission for a major new development, mostly shops, to replace the Tricorn. It is currently known as "City Centre North".
Keith
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gus86
newbie
Reged: 25/04/2008
Posts: 15
Loc: Portsmouth/Suffolk, UK
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To update anyone interested in the situation, the area formerly occupied by the Tricorn centre is being redeveloped into the 'Northern Quarter' an addition to the city centre shopping area.
Redevelopment website below
http://www.northernquarter.info/
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