Boland’s Mill
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The developer is probably awaiting the new Building Heights Strategy for Dublin City due to be published very soon. It will no doubt give clearer guideance as to what can happen on the site
some photos of inside bolands mills http://www.flickr.com/photos/sebastiandooris/sets/72157604413634370/with/2392825289/
Any news on boland mills site?? Heard they got ride of s.t.w. boring and dull architecture and are working with new architects. Any pics yet???
if anyone’s interested, here are some pictures taken from inside Bolands Flour Mills:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/1soanes/sets/72157604250729415/good photos – though (as mentioned earlier in this thread) Dev didn’t occupy this mill – it was the other Bolands Mill.
how did you get access btw? Or am I better off not asking – the place looks fairly dangerous…
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good photos – though (as mentioned earlier in this thread) Dev didn’t occupy this mill – it was the other Bolands Mill.
how did you get access btw? Or am I better off not asking – the place looks fairly dangerous…
Thanks…yeah i didn’t realise that De Valera didn’t occupy this mill, the mill seem to be most famous for the fact that most people think he did occupy it, its hard to find out the correct information about the mills on the internet…
Getting into the place was easy, just had to climb over a low wall. It was quite dangerous however, on many of the floors a lot of the floorboards are unsafe to walk on…. well worth a visit though, and the view from the roof is simply amazing!
Stunning photographs, 1soanes. Beautiful light expertly taken advantage of and extraordinary subjects. Thanks for sharing them.
Good day to you all … I’m presently putting together a short history of the Docklands … I’m uploading new information all the time but always interested in feedback … there’s a good chunk on Bolands here too … the relevant page is http://www.turtlebunbury.com/publish…nds_index.html … oh yes, anyone with any suitable photos, I’m game on …
Best for now, TurtleThe link doesn’t seem to be working, and I couldn’t find one on your homepage either. Any chance you could re-post it?
So the DDDA has realised all of a sudden that there’s something called ‘heritage’ down Docklands way? How convenient that it has promoted or permitted the relatively comprehensive erasure of most of that history before the belated effort to acknowledge it. So much easier to commission a book on the stuff once it’s gone than to try to keep it while it’s still around, eh?
It’s not as if the heritage value of the area hadn’t been documented- the School of Architecture in UCD carried out a full survey of the area, published in 1996, on behalf of the CHDDA, called Inventory of the Architectural and Industrial Archaeological Heritage.
That survey now reads like a new chapter of Lost Dublin, but one that was written whilst the buildings were still standing. What an odd sensation- to have your funeral before you’ve died.
This isn’t a dig at your project, Turtle, it’s a dig at the DDDA for its utterly shameful approach to the assessment, evaluation and protection of the cultural heritage of the area of the city for which it has been responsible (in one form or another) for over 15 years.
I understand your point. And I hope I can help rectify things with the book. Your comments on any specific stories would be welcome. Cheerio for now, Turtle
Sorry to resurrect this thread in a Lazarus fashion, but does anyone know what’s going on at the moment? There appears to be some small-scale construction work happening on the site.
If aqua vetro went ahead at this stage, I’d be very impressed. That is what’s replacing most of the Bowland’s mill site, right?
Yes, if Aqua Vetro was to go ahead it would be great. It would complement its siblings Monte and Alto very well. Treasury Holdings appear to be going ahead with the Spring Cross scheme over in Ballymun given that they’ve signed up Vue to open a cinema there. If they’re developing Spring Cross, why wouldn’t they develop Aqua Vetro at the same time?
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Sorry to resurrect this thread in a Lazarus fashion, but does anyone know what’s going on at the moment? There appears to be some small-scale construction work happening on the site.
maybe it’s John Ronan personally taking the top of a few pile caps to prove the loss of his dolce vita
The big crane that was working on the Montevetro site was taken down over the weekend too, they’re fairly advanced with that project. Obviously the fitting out has yet to start in earnest (and they’re going to do it on a rolling basis as it’s rented out I understand) but to echo one of the above comments, fair dues to Treasury for having such confidence.
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