Re: Re: Liberty Hall redevelopment

Any updates on this? Last I heard in the Tribune last month was:
Dublin City Council has told Siptu it will have to submit further justification for the demolition of Liberty Hall, even though it is not a protected structure.

The council has said the union will have to submit a more detailed analysis of the contribution the building has made, as well as a “more detailed exploration, including financial and economic appraisal of proposed alternative uses of the existing Liberty Hall tower, to include detailed appraisal of possible refurbishment”.

I was leafing through an obscure book I picked up in the library on the work of Dutch firm Architektengemeenschap van den Broek en Bakema when a building designed in 1956 for Het Parool newspaper made me do a double take:

Spot the difference?