The world's thinnest tall building opens on Thursday offering views of up to 26 miles of Sussex coastline.
The 531ft (161m) British Airways i360 viewing tower stands on the site once occupied by the entrance to Brighton's ruined West Pier.
Visitors ascend 450ft (137m) in a 360-degree curved-glass pod.
But it has divided local opinion, with some declaring it "a total monster" others praising it as "world-class, stunning architecture".
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Valerie Paynter, of the saveHove campaign, said it was "like something springing horribly out of the earth in a horror movie".
But Glynn Jones, chairman of the West Pier Trust, thought the "vertical pier in the sky" showed "the city is, once again, embracing and celebrating world-class, stunning architecture".
The tower affords visitors views from Bexhill in East Sussex to Chichester in West Sussex with the South Downs to the north.
Chief Executive of i360, Eleanor Harris, claimed the tower would transform Brighton's tourism prospects.
She said: "We have built the world's first vertical cable car, the world's tallest moving observation tower, the world's most slender tower.
"We are putting Brighton on the map and promoting the city around the globe."
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Brighton, not rocked.
Brighton, not rocked.
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Re: Brighton, not rocked.
And you have the best view in the house of that hunk of junk in the water directly in front of the tower.Chief Executive of i360, Eleanor Harris, claimed the tower would transform Brighton's tourism prospects.
She said: "We have built the world's first vertical cable car, the world's tallest moving observation tower, the world's most slender tower."
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Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?
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Was the tower deliberately built to resemble a sword with the point jammed into the ground?
Treat Gaza like Carthage.
Brighton, Not Rocked
It looks like the base station for the planned "space elevator."
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Jarlaxle wrote:Was the tower deliberately built to resemble a sword with the point jammed into the ground?
Claes Oldenburg?
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"A vertical pier in the sky" is not a pier. Just saying....
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Guinevere wrote:"A vertical pier in the sky" is not a pier. Just saying....
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Brighton's answer to the Seattle Space Needle? Of course, the Space Needle has already been copied, so maybe this is Brighton's answer to the Sunsphere in Knoxville.
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It's quite a riveting design...
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Joe Guy wrote:It's quite a riveting design...
Pop goes the weasel.
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