Reply To: Royal Dublin Hotel

I think there was movement to remove the Happy Ring House sign, and there was resistance… so it stays.

Alot of very good points have been made over the last few pages by everyone. And everyone is entitled to their opinion, but just because I say something it doesn’t mean it’s THE FACT – the same applies to everyone else.

Graham, you obviously feel passionately for the Street and I don’t think I’m being unfair by saying you do like your “old-school” styles.

However I can’t help but feel that to put in replicas smacks of an unimaginative vision, and to a certain extent… romanticism of past times. O’Connell st may have had a plan, not all plans get completed – how many unbuilt projects are there, or details that never made it to the final construction. We use it now – we live here – it is 2003. We should add our own layer and not grovel to another generation. I think there’s an element of truth to the Theme Park analogy.