Comments on: Hamilton Waterfront Structure Fire Extinguished

By: Come Correct

Come Correct — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 18:49:53 +0000

That’s WORSE. Ffs, the language you were born speaking isn’t that difficult and the foreigners you hate so much can speak it better than you. No wonder the government can’t implement an English speaking examination for work permit applicants. The locals fckn struggle.

Go ahead and call me non Bermudian because you can’t grasp a simple concept. The amount of times I’ve seen this used on this specific site is appalling.

Then we are supposed to take you seriously when we get a barrage of your biased “research” and you’re hardly capable of structuring a coherent sentence.

A village is missing their idiot, make your way back.

By: Onion Juice

Onion Juice — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 02:51:48 +0000

Or a First Class Airport were workers are not getting paid, would’nt happen if they were UNIONIZED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Onion Juice

Onion Juice — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 02:49:08 +0000

Thats WORST, America’s Cup couldnt pay for it being we are promised a $300 Million return?
SMFH

By: Question

Question — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 23:48:39 +0000

Because it won’t build itself.

By: Res

Res — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 20:00:55 +0000

Thinks its $800,000 !

By: Justasuggestion

Justasuggestion — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 19:36:09 +0000

Was never donated. Was purchased, and at that time gov where quoted as saying purchase and build will be 180k. I’ll look for that statement and publish

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 19:31:21 +0000

Can we start a petition to have that pile of scrap metal dismantled and replace it with a classy Bermuda Cottage that would enhance the entrance way and waterfront of our Capitol.

Make it a structure and an icon that our cruise ship passengers will want to take pics next to…Put flood lights on it so it looks fabulous at night. Make it a mix of our great Bermudian architecture.
And make it Hurricane Proof for goodness sake.

By: Toodle-oo

Toodle-oo — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 18:15:59 +0000

Nowhere near as 3rd world as how badly we’re going to get jacked when the waterfront re-development project gets a rolling !

By: openmind

openmind — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 14:45:36 +0000

Nothing was given to ‘us’. It has costed the taxpayer 2 million!

By: Beg

Beg — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 13:17:42 +0000

Keep begging as these morons have no clue what they are doing and now competing with local business in front street! What happened to advertising the space for bids?

By: Brad & Chad

Brad & Chad — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 12:46:03 +0000

$100 says all you people saying its ugly will frequent the roof top bar

By: CHRIS

CHRIS — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 12:07:35 +0000

why can’t Bermuda have a modern building on Front Street? does everything have to be pastel and white roof? the new aiport looks AMAZING. I, for one, would like to see some more modern architecture on Front Street.

By: Unus sed leo

Unus sed leo — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 11:38:34 +0000

I saw that same structure down Jamaica…is it the same one?

By: Micro

Micro — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 11:01:59 +0000

Have you applied?

Containerized buildings have been a thing for many years now.

By: Bob & Margaret

Bob & Margaret — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 06:40:24 +0000

The best thing about this new visitor center is that it makes the old HSBC building in the background look architecturally beautiful (in comparison)…well that is until it goes rusty.

By: Eyesore

Eyesore — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 23:57:47 +0000

It is so ugly! It is a shame to see our beautiful waterfront with this pile of containers. What will happen during a hurricane, because this structure is not only an eyesore; it could be downright dangerous when these containers get blown all over Front Street!

By: Blind Sheep

Blind Sheep — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 23:54:29 +0000

for the fire to be contained in one area I will beg to differ. Unlucky for the welder.

By: Voodoo

Voodoo — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 22:16:35 +0000

I know and I bet it is not fire certified like we have to abide by nor is it insured!

By: miguelito

miguelito — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 22:08:43 +0000

Looks much better than the former bank building near by. Are you an architect now? Maybe planning should not allow you to build any buildings.

By: style police

style police — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 22:01:23 +0000

A suggestion: they should let a local artist paint a mural of sorts of the Front Street skyline (with the colours of the Front Street buildings) on the structure. That will help it blend in with its surroundings.

By: Onion Juice

Onion Juice — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 21:45:10 +0000

An $80,000 project that is an eyesore.
Ya right, let me get some containers and stack them on top off each other.
Wait these things are paid for from Americas Cup.
So why is it costing us $80,000.

By: Eve

Eve — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 20:26:35 +0000

That building should have been left where Artemis erected it! Visitors can’t miss this blight on the waterfront and no one would want this in any tourism ad. BTA needs to hold a contest to come up with a design to convert it into something Bermuda can be proud of.

By: Baffled beyond belief.

Baffled beyond belief. — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 20:09:26 +0000

Hideous looking tin can that cost us the tax payers about 1 million to date, and the kicker is, those containers were given to us by Artemis.
Ugly looking, and a poor example of Bermuda architecture by BTA.

By: Sister Nancy

Sister Nancy — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 19:33:44 +0000

Personally I feel it’s an eye sore. Does not look like a structure that should be on Front Strret.

By: Baffled beyond believe.

Baffled beyond believe. — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 19:19:56 +0000

It should have burned to the ground. That’s an appalling example for a Front Street building and the BTA should be ashamed of themselves for creating this non Bermudian looking tin can to promote Bermuda.

By: gustav

gustav — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 19:17:14 +0000

burn it down , it is ugly

By: Terminal Frost

Terminal Frost — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 18:08:52 +0000

This is not a building, its a bunch of containers put together and it looks like TRASH.

IT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ALLOWED!!!!
It has cost far more to put this crap here that it would have had they put a tasteful little building with a traditional Bermuda roof.
Someone’s head should roll for this.

UTTER GARBAGE, LET IT BURN DOWN…!!!!

By: James

James — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 18:02:57 +0000

Some of the most expensive real estate in the world and they stick containers together for a building.
How third world is this?

By: vote no more

vote no more — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 17:30:07 +0000

Be a pile of rust in time, crazy idea then will be come an eyesore.

By: Rise

Rise — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 17:22:20 +0000

It’s an ugly building.

By: openmind

openmind — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 16:49:48 +0000

It shouldn’t be there in the first place. UGLY, and have blocked the iconic front street view. Thought we were trying to get rid of the waterfront containers… no matter how you look at it that structure is the most un-Bermudian looking piece of metal that probably cost the taxpayer 2 million. On top of that, how does the BTA get first right prime real estate, the advantage of attracting the majority of visitors and then choosing to add a ‘retail’ component competing with local businesses. Why didn’t that piece of property go out to tender? This is wrong. They instead should be strictly a visitors center and send their ‘customers’ to the local retail stores instead of competing with them!

By: sandgrownan

sandgrownan — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 16:42:18 +0000

And it wouldn’t take you 6 months to put together some shipping containers either. It’s the Black Watch Pass / North Shore roundabout all over again.

By: swing voter

swing voter — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 16:41:20 +0000

let har burn next time….as the planning people told me years ago ” it don’t compliment the surrounding buildings”….my how times have changed

By: Um Um Like

Um Um Like — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 16:29:07 +0000

Pity this eyesore didn’t burn down

By: Jonathan Land Evans

Jonathan Land Evans — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 16:27:15 +0000

Agreed; it’s a horrible blot on the landscape.

By: Gill

Gill — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 16:26:21 +0000

True, but that’s no reason to set fire to it mate.

By: Sailor

Sailor — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 16:23:35 +0000

Isnt that where Smokin Barrel used to be

By: puzzled

puzzled — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 16:22:40 +0000

Bawahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Made out of containers looks like to me.

Who signed the fire thing saying it had passed inspection.

By: cozy

cozy — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 16:11:02 +0000

This building is so far off planning code, should not be allowed. LOL, they would not allow me as a citizen to build something like this.