Carlton Cinema Development
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But has anyone been inside? I know, I know, its a terrible thing and no one should support it, I absolutely agree, but, if you do go in to this 4d cinema, what does that mean, can you see any of the original Carlton decor.
What have they actually done to the Carlton!? All this outrage! I can’t imagine what they could have done that’s worse than what was there..!
Can someone post a pic? All this suspense is bad for my health. I remember two(?) years ago Burger King slapped to a huge banner on their O Connell St branch (GPO side). It covered the entire facade. Looked shite, I presume the planners made them remove it asap.
Risk cracking your own lens, archipig!
Thus far anyway, the boxy canopy (similar to the Savoy’s) has been pasted over in expansive poster-like signage, akin to a billboard for a video game, the entire length of the facade. There’s other works going on to the ground floor frontage which can only but reinforce the disastrous nature of it all.
I didn’t think the Carlton had a usable interior left…?
@GrahamH wrote:
I didn’t think the Carlton had a usable interior left…?
This was also my recollection, having been in Dr Quirkey’s large ground floor pool area a number of years back, which my sense of direction told me was a few metres behind the façade of the Carlton. I think it was recenty enough kitted out as a casino or something, and now it’s this ‘4D’ theatre.
@igy wrote:
This was also my recollection, having been in Dr Quirkey’s large ground floor pool area a number of years back, which my sense of direction told me was a few metres behind the façade of the Carlton. I think it was recenty enough kitted out as a casino or something, and now it’s this ‘4D’ theatre.
I was in there a number of years ago when it was an internet cafe and I have vaguely remember the internet part being in one of the old screens. It was reasonably intact back then.
Isn’t the Carlton supposed be demolished and have it’s facade cut off and moved down the street? How come we never heard anything about the planning of a 4d theatre. P.S. what exactly is a 4d theatre? I’m very confused.
its quite a small setup actually
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_cD7wewQAkthe 4d is the moving seats :/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GDmR9lCZgwit has water and wind aswell 🙂
@cgcsb wrote:
so it’s baisically the same as the simulator machine at DR. Quirkeys except you get wet and cold?
yeah the first ride is sponsored by Dublin Bus – it simulates waiting on the quays on a november evening for a late night bus home
Surely someone from the city council will stroll up O’ Connell St and have a conniption when they see this. For gods sake. This is the country’s main street, not funderland.
Does this mean that the planned development is no longer going ahead? I think while there are some flaws in the overall development plan for OCS, anything is better than what is there now. Plus a project of that size, if ground broke today, would have serious positive impact on the economy and jobs… putting us in the right direction to get out of this recession.
I dunno about OCS being the main street of the country any more. Seems like that honour might go to the M7 these days. But it’s certainly not the main street of Dublin. The capital’s civic axis is Lord Edward Street – Dame St – College Green – Grafton Street.
Just an update. The demolition has started on the Royal Dublin Hotel. Most of the back is gone now up to the facade
@fergalr wrote:
I dunno about OCS being the main street of the country any more. Seems like that honour might go to the M7 these days. But it’s certainly not the main street of Dublin. The capital’s civic axis is Lord Edward Street – Dame St – College Green – Grafton Street.
id be inclined to agree, the only thing keeping o connell st busy on the gpo side is the people walking up to henry st and on the other side is all the bus stops.if the buses didnt use o connell st footfall would plummet.you just have to watch all the people getting off the buses and walking away from o connell st down henry,talbot and over the bridge.id consider college green to be the centre of dublin these days.
So… demolition is almost over, we know what exactly is going in here yet or will it be just another empty lot for huge ugly ads for dr. quirkeys or that awful 104dimensional theatre?
according to the herald last week, a decision on this scheme by An Bord Pleanala is “imminent”
“imminent” meaning we will have a decision by Christmas no doubt…
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