tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post7307812381225468404..comments2024-03-13T10:32:22.656+00:00Comments on thanetonline: David Chipperfield, The Turner Contemporary, architecture at Sea in Thanet a bit of a ramble.Michael Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-71929175006868185402011-04-17T10:14:48.128+01:002011-04-17T10:14:48.128+01:00But it wasn't a choice, 22:39, it was an art g...But it wasn't a choice, 22:39, it was an art gallery, take it or leave it. Incredible how many people in Thanet cannot take on board an oft stated fact.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-48030999419537259372011-04-16T22:51:43.918+01:002011-04-16T22:51:43.918+01:00THE TURNER OPENING.
Margate looked good today. Lot...THE TURNER OPENING.<br />Margate looked good today. Lots of people out enjoying themselves. The town was alive. Much as I remember it from my childhood. The organisers have worked hard and kept their faith often against stiff opposition. It's still early days but so far, so good.John Holyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284672912775316883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-40786454403448570062011-04-16T22:39:44.242+01:002011-04-16T22:39:44.242+01:00I tend to agree with the sentiment stated earlier,...I tend to agree with the sentiment stated earlier, if its a choice between this gallery or a leisure activity such as an ice rink, the ice rink would win every time as it has more appeal to more of the population.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-28406938995780357342011-04-16T19:08:59.586+01:002011-04-16T19:08:59.586+01:0017:54 when you have to resort to that kind of lang...17:54 when you have to resort to that kind of language and name calling just who is the moron.<br /><br />Actually, for the record, I am not an arty type, but can enjoy looking at what others, more artistic than I, can produce. Equally I would have enjoyed a Sea Life Centre which folk like you managed to drive elsewhere with your doomsaying some years back.<br /><br />As you are such an expert, and bully for you for being an ice rink manager (like wow!), how many people does the art gallery employ? How many people have got employment in the nearby pubs, cafes and shops whose livlihoods will become more secure from the gallery visitor spin offs? Don't be so negative and, in any event, as has been explained before, it wasn't a choice between an ice rink and an art gallery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-55884206996969388602011-04-16T17:54:47.532+01:002011-04-16T17:54:47.532+01:00Is it really any wonder this Isle is in such a ter...Is it really any wonder this Isle is in such a terrible state when you have utter crass stupidity as gifted by 13:59 !<br />What a mindless self important narrow minded wally if ever there was one.Yes I do know how many more are employed by an ice rink than at a gallery, you would be suprised to know that it would be somewhere around 2 to 3 times the number employed by a gallery, having managed two former ice rinks in the UK i Know.<br /><br />Bathe in the short sighted glory of this you moron, within two years it will be no more than another empty space going to waste like so many others in Margate, mind you, you probably think that an empty shop is artistic, what you fail to see is the life story's behind these closed doors and the wrecked lifes that go with them.<br />People of your arty type who think that if you dont appreciate the bollocks that is art, then you are in some way less educated or worthy of recourse, you could not be further from the truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-83957334794248259682011-04-16T13:59:59.930+01:002011-04-16T13:59:59.930+01:00Interesting comment, but how many more people work...Interesting comment, but how many more people work at an ice rink than at an art gallery? Anybody know?<br /><br />Mind you, as has been explained for the simple minded repeatedley, the use of the funds was not a choice option. It was not would you like an art gallery or an ice rink, but we want to make a grant for an art gallery which Margate can have. If you don't want it, then it goes elsewhere.<br /><br />Anyway, 13:34, just think how even more miserable your wretched existence would be if you did not have the Turner to moan about. You just go on enjoying your whinges whilst we appreciate the art.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-13635659187499857622011-04-16T13:34:11.870+01:002011-04-16T13:34:11.870+01:00The only difference is that an Ice rink would actu...The only difference is that an Ice rink would actually create jobs and generate income to this area.<br />In comparison the pathetic shed of an art gallery generates no income, and only serves to please a very small minority of the whole general public, who will be paying through their taxes to keep this white elephant supported and open.<br />£18m you must be insane, exactly the same results could have been achieved by renovating one of the many empty establishments in margate, now that is REGENERATION in practice and not this shameful waste of our cash that will undoubtedly become a millstone around the neck of the council within 2yrs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-54073399996740355292011-04-16T10:56:48.508+01:002011-04-16T10:56:48.508+01:00Plenty of great coverage in the national media, fr...Plenty of great coverage in the national media, from BBC to papers, today for Margate, so eat your eats out all you Thanet whingers. The Turner Contemporary has already done more to put the old place on the map than a dozen Iris Johnsons (perish the thought for one is bad enough) or Ice Rinks could.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-32297919321278785222011-04-16T09:47:29.468+01:002011-04-16T09:47:29.468+01:00Reading the comments one can but conclude that the...Reading the comments one can but conclude that the good people of Thanet get preceisely what they deserve out of life.<br /><br />Think about it. Who elects the council, who fails to clear up after their dogs, who goes out flytipping, who moans about every regeneration proposal and who perpetually writes the place off in the local press and blogs. Why people from Thanet, of course.<br /><br />If attitudes changed the place might. There is an election for the TDC on 5th May. No doubt the turn out for it will be pathetic and the whingers will be back in the following week's locals regardless of who wins.<br /><br />Maybe it is not the council or the place that is pathetic but some of the people in it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-76036697780100523472011-04-15T23:25:27.319+01:002011-04-15T23:25:27.319+01:0017:45 VP of the turner centre was appointed eithe...17:45 VP of the turner centre was appointed either 10 or 11 years ago the intial salary was £70K and as being employed by kcc probably a index linked pension, so if you add the 11 years salary and the index linked pension you will not be many shillings short of a million quid.<br />22:46Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-14002500627876669282011-04-15T23:25:22.168+01:002011-04-15T23:25:22.168+01:00Sangeeta Bhabra summed it up: "That's all...Sangeeta Bhabra summed it up: "That's all from Margit".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-43276257601161306092011-04-15T22:29:21.052+01:002011-04-15T22:29:21.052+01:00Brian Sewell... what a total bollock juggler, but ...Brian Sewell... what a total bollock juggler, but for the first time I actually agree with him. A shed where shredded wheat should be made, absolutely priceless and sums up TC perfectly.<br />Can you imagine the utter Boll***s that is going to be spouted out tomorrow when this £18m shed opens,they will be Knee deep in Bullshit as to how it will be the catalyst for a regenerated Thanet..... for god sake are these people real.<br />An art gallery that generates no income, costs us all more money to maintain and which has overnight only served to highlight to the rest of the country just what a shit state this island is really in.... well done once again TDC, own goal number two, you really are as much a disgrace as your new art gallery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-76438501475733483412011-04-15T18:52:13.684+01:002011-04-15T18:52:13.684+01:00Anyone see Brian Sewell on Meridian Tonight? Price...Anyone see Brian Sewell on Meridian Tonight? Priceless.Tim Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09360638835659673415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-68329781900933062272011-04-15T17:45:21.245+01:002011-04-15T17:45:21.245+01:0022:46 Don't know where you get your informatio...22:46 Don't know where you get your information but it is crap. Why not check before you go to print with such rubbish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-34548811581317297272011-04-15T17:06:43.350+01:002011-04-15T17:06:43.350+01:00I wish all success to the Turner Contemporary - Th...I wish all success to the Turner Contemporary - Thanet needs it.<br /><br />But I heard an alarming report today that up to 50 cars, some civic vehicles were given £70 parking fines for parking on the Harbour Arm which is apparently a privatly administered car park.<br /><br />So if you are going to the opening be careful where you park. Apparently the official car par for TC visitors is Trinity Square.Readithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04343086161535755495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-70376109410416936932011-04-14T22:46:49.401+01:002011-04-14T22:46:49.401+01:00one thing that has always worried me about the who...one thing that has always worried me about the whole project is the fact a director or is it chief exec was appointed about 12 years before the gallery opened, this has cost the local tax payer probably sometning in the region of £1 million pounds.... and both kent and thanet councils say they believe in value for money !!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com