1922 – Metropole Cinema & Restaurant, O’Connell St., Dublin
Architect: A.V. O’Rourke
Built on the site of the former Metropole Hotel,
Built on the site of the former Metropole Hotel,
Former monument on Leinster Lawn, commemorating three of the founding figures of Irish independence,
Image courtesy Irish Architectural Archive.
Opened as the Classic Cinema and renamed after it was taken over by the Gaumont chain.
Formerly the Hyam’s Building. Hyam’s were a men’s outfitters &
Only the gaunt steel supports of this railway viaduct now stand –
One of two roundhouses to the same design on the Great Northern Railway system –
Rear entrance to the headquarters of the National Bank on College Green.
Dublin Civic Week was held over the 17th to the 25th of September 1927.
A large canopy over the entrance signaled the Plaza,