A Monument that has it Coming

Yes old Nelson was blown up in Dublin in 1966 for the crime of being an English hero. They forget that he was also a hero to the mercantile class of Dublin who appreciated his freeing of the seas. The monument goes, the history remains. An ignorant populace can congratulate themselves for an easy victory against the past and bask in a present state of enlightenment. In the place of the Pillar was erected a pin 120 meters high of stainless steel requiring constant maintenance to preserve its pristine ugliness. (official name Monument of Light)
Spire

I just can’t get used to it. From the Henry Street vista it looks as though it might fall on you. 4.5Million to construct and 300K p/a to maintain - certainly a costly monument to bosthoon bumptiousness with Celtic Tiger rampant.