One of Dublin's newest monuments is the Spire of Dublin, or officially titled " Monument of Light ".

The centre of the street is dominated by the imposing presence of the 1818 General Post Office ( GPO ) with its hexastyle Ionic portico projecting over the west pavement, and the 120 m ( 393 ft ) Spire of Dublin, a needle-like self supporting sculpture of rolled stainless steel erected in 2003.

* The Spire of Dublin project, the world's tallest sculpture, erected in January 2003, occupying the site of the former Nelson's Pillar.

The Spire of Dublin, officially titled the Monument of Light (), is a large, stainless steel, pin-like monument in height, located on the site of the former Nelson's Pillar on O ' Connell Street in Dublin, Ireland.

The centrepiece of this regeneration was to be a replacement monument for Nelson's Pillar, the Spire of Dublin, chosen from a large number of submissions in an international competition by a committee chaired by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Joe Doyle.

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He was central to the decision to erect the Spire of Dublin, the world's largest sculpture, on the site of Nelson Pillar.

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* Dublin Spire in Dublin, Ireland — This narrow slender structure was designed with a tuned mass damper to ensure aerodynamic stability during a wind storm.

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The town is also the home of Radley Engineering, the company responsible for manufacturing the Spire of Dublin.

In 2003, the Pillar was replaced as a landmark by the Dublin Spire which was erected on the same spot.

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* January 21 – The Spire of Dublin on O ' Connell Street is officially completed.

A memorial statue was commissioned from sculptor James White showing the Queen in ceremonial gowns casting her regal gaze across ornamental lakes, sweeping lawns and rose gardens to the Melbourne Arts Centre Spire and the city skyscrapers.

In 1922, at age eleven, he bought his first book of poetry, Arthur Waley's A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems, and at age seventeen one of his poems, " Spire Song ", was accepted for publication in the twelfth volume of Transition, a literary journal based in Paris that served as a forum for some of the greatest proponents of modernism — Djuna Barnes, James Joyce, Paul Éluard, Gertrude Stein and others.

A literary token of respect for the work and courage of Gongadze is to be found in the novel for young adults, " Fair Game: The Steps of Odessa " ( Spire Publishing, 2008, ISBN 1-897312-72-5 ) by James Watson.

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View from the south side to the north side with the Spire of Dublin | spire in the background.

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* 1954 Upper & Lower Phantom Spire, Lake Tahoe, CA, with Jim Ohrenschall.