Space Spiral Being Repainted?

DBCP

Sunday, April 2, 2006 10:52 PM

I took a ride up to Battery Park today and noticed that Space Spiral looked a little different...
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6407/1636/1600/DSCN6074.jpg
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6407/1636/1600/DSCN6104.jpg
The only thing that I can think of is that it's being repainted. Anyone have any idea?


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TTD 120mph

Monday, April 3, 2006 12:05 AM
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I agree. I thinks it's getting repainted....but the same color.
By the looks of those pics, I think it was sandblasted...or something.


*** Edited 4/3/2006 12:07:36 AM UTC by TTD 120mph***


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Bill Horvath

Monday, April 3, 2006 12:19 AM

surprised there not painting the damn thing yellow like everything else

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grant2cp

Monday, April 3, 2006 12:19 AM

Humm, i kinda agree but do you think that T&T would have said something?

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grant2cp

Monday, April 3, 2006 12:19 AM

Oops sry i hit the button too many times.

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ttdmfwtm

Monday, April 3, 2006 12:30 AM

Niceeeee. They might say something during the week.


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TTD 120mph

Monday, April 3, 2006 12:30 AM
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grant2cp, go to their edit option and hit delete.:) *** Edited 4/3/2006 12:31:47 AM UTC by TTD 120mph***


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grant2cp

Monday, April 3, 2006 12:32 AM

Thanks im just kinda new at this> :)

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DBCP

Monday, April 3, 2006 12:55 AM

TTD 120mph said:
I agree. I thinks it's getting repainted....but the same color.
By the looks of those pics, I think it was sandblasted...or something.

Yeah, I think they must have sandblasted it or something. What surprised me was that it appears to be red underneath, of course maybe that's just the steel.


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sean_s_eagle

Monday, April 3, 2006 1:09 AM

Space Spiral's new colour scheme- Red, yellow, and white ;).

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DBCP

Monday, April 3, 2006 1:13 AM

sean_s_eagle said:
Space Spiral's new colour scheme- Red, yellow, and white ;).

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Actually, I could kind of see that happening...


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Gomez

Monday, April 3, 2006 3:05 AM
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Now if they repaint Space Spiral a nicer color, there's only one more thing that needs to be done to that midway. DT comes to mind.


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99er

Monday, April 3, 2006 3:13 AM
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Id like to see Space Spiral get a new color scheme. I like the tower being white, but maybe add some other colors to it. Make some cool designs/shapes with other colors. Something to make it a little less boring. I’m not talking hot pink though.

Id also like to see the bottom 30 feet of the tower wrapped in LCD’s. Like the NASDAQ building in New York. I think that would look good in that area.


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Michael Darling

Monday, April 3, 2006 3:19 AM

Just please don't make it look like Knott's tower. Ugh.

I do like the LCD screen idea, though. That would be nifty.

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Keith 2005

Monday, April 3, 2006 4:26 AM

Was there a recent wind storm? (ie. the sand from the beach hit it, lol)

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TTD4Life

Monday, April 3, 2006 4:43 AM

That sand would have to be going atleast 3x faster then that windstorm could have produced.


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Ralph Wiggum

Monday, April 3, 2006 5:24 AM
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I'm sure that the red you see on the tower is just the rust that is under that paint they blasted off. I would have liked to see how they would go about sandblasting a structure like that. Hopefully the blog will have some pics sometime soon.


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Walt

Monday, April 3, 2006 2:41 PM
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Official word is that Space Spiral is being painted this spring.


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99er

Monday, April 3, 2006 2:47 PM
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Lets just hope its not going to look like a candycane (48" height stick).:)


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Kevinj

Monday, April 3, 2006 3:26 PM
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Maybe they're renaming the Space Spiral "Maverick"

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