Boardwalk or Boardsit ?

Originally posted by Graham Hickey

The Boardwalk’s really pleasant to sit and walk along, but it would have been far superior to have developed the quays properly with wide promenades after the Port Tunnel and other traffic measures implemented, leaving the solidity of the charming granite wall as the boundary between the river and the city

Wouldn’t work, don’t have the footfall on the Quays.

Where you definitely do have it, is in Dame St., where a job should really be done.

I mentioned that chokepoint, just immediately in front of the Olympia theatre before here on the board.

Yes, they paved that little laneway, behind the bank near ped entrance to Dublin Castle…. whats it called? But that place is still a haven for bums.

Dames Street is due something very badly though, for years and years…. I hate the way in which Suffolk Street dicates so much of how College Green is being used as a space…..

Suffolk St. should not have traffic at all…. to the extent that it now does,…. but for the life of me, I cannot simply think of how differently it could be done, short of tunneling straight under Trinity college! 🙂

Any suggestions?

One thing is for sure though, traffic engineers do make decisions, which the city as a whole gets ‘lumped’ with in all sorts of ways for years afterwards…. Suffolk Street as a bus stop is just a ridiculous solution IMO, and if they solved that, and Dame Street pavements….. then maybe look at the Quays.

But my basic point being, that the Quays isn’t a serious attraction for pedestrians at the moment, as places like Suffolk St, Dame St etc are….

Brian O’ Hanlon.

Brian – with regard to the ‘chokepoint’ at the Olympia Theatre. The theatre have just got planning permission for a redevlopment and upgrade of the theatre one element of which ius a widening of the footpath in front of the theatre with renovation of its delightful canopy. I agree with you alot about Dame St. its just not been given the attention it deserves. Looking at it the other night that central island with the Davis statue looked very gloomy and dark. A new lighting scheme for the whole street is required getting rid of the massive floodlights around Trinity and bringing some uniformity to the street from the City Hall down to College Green. I would love to see College Green and the lower portion of Grafton Street pedestrianised.

Does anyone know why work came to a standstill on the bookmarket on Grattan Bridge. The ‘fridges’ have been left in an unfinished state for weeks now.

With regard to the quays as a whole, those of you who read the new Draft Development Plan might have seen a proposal by the CC to draw up an area strategy for the quays in light of the opportunities that the Port Tunnel should (hopefully) offer when it opend next year.

http://www.irish-architecture.com/aai/events/data/1077118169.html

ON a monday though…..