Re: Re: developments in cork

Great greetings to you Archiseek members! It’s wonderful to see that Cork has its very own vibrant and even controversial!! thread, particularly one that provides architectural discourse within a broader political and developmental context.
To add twopence to the current topic: Recently passing through the gothic-nightmare-otherworld of Charles de Gaulle airport I was saddened to note that all commuters were forced to pay slightly extortionate (by metro standards) fares to and from the city. Travel tax? Airport cash-cow? It is unfortunate that this is one of the first impressions given to visitors.
Similarly, I was embarrassed when asked by a relative visiting Cork whether a bus sevice operated from the airport- yes a sort of half time service? not in the evenings? once every? get a taxi? Whether a bus service or a light rail service or a skytrain or a space shuttle an effective regular and economical public transport service would repay itself hundred-fold, in my opinion, because of the first impression it would provide to visitors of a modern accessible humanist city, and the ensuent millions of new visitors attracted “in cork sure theres a feckin space shuttle that takes you from the airport into the the snug in the long valley” they’d tell their friends.