Demolition begins on unstable Dublin building
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http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0118/dublin.html
Demolition experts have started to take down a building on the corner of the North Circular Road and Russell Street because of fears it is about to collapse.
A number of nearby roads in Dublin have been closed and there is heavy traffic in the Phibsboro and North Circular Road areas.
The three-storey building, formerly the Intertool shop, is located near the Mater Hospital and Mountjoy Prison.
AdvertisementThe building is being taken down brick-by-brick. The main part of the building is expected to be demolished by the end of the day.
A structural engineer evaluated the building and decided in the interest of public safety to demolish the building.
Parts of North Circular Road, Russell Street, Fitzgibbon Street and Emmet Street are sealed off.
Works and clean up will continue over the weekend and surrounding roads will re-open as soon as possible.
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That building has been in bits for years. I cannot believe that people were still living there. Site beside it has been derelict as long as I remember. (5 years). When I used to walk past there and you could see the stresses in the gable wall. Not surprised it has collapsed considering building works started beside it. That building should have been condemned and torn down years ago.
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Here’s the building. Sad to lose an old corner building. Modern buildings don’t do corners well.
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@Devin wrote:
Here’s the building. Sad to lose an old corner building. Modern buildings don’t do corners well.
Ah well, looking on the bright side that’s one less JC De-fecking-caux billboard blighting the city 😀
On the adjacent site, now nearing completion, Mick Wallace has called it “Behan Square” – which notes that Brendan Behan grew up at this corner – so fair fucks to MW for calling it such, rather than the usual insipid bland titles that too many developers opt for 🙂
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@hutton wrote:
On the adjacent site, now nearing completion, Mick Wallace has called it “Behan Square” – which notes that Brendan Behan grew up at this corner
If ever there were a case for the use of Triangle rather than Square in a place name…! 😀
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I bet theres quite a few buildings around Dublin in a similar situation,so old and gone passed there use by date they actually pose a risk to the general public,you see nimbyism can kill.
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How does NIMBYism come into this one? Can’t quite fathom your reasoning there.
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Just think,it will come eventually.
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deliberate speculative dereliction (can kill)
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@cubix wrote:
Just think,it will come eventually.
@ctesiphon wrote:
Can’t quite fathom your reasoning there.
Still.
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I think cubix is blaming planning objections for dangerous buildings, completely missing the point that owners of buildings, if I’m not mistaken, are duty bound to ensure their stability regardless of anything in the planning process. And i wasn’t aware that a letter on a piece of paper to the Corpo, with the fee attached can actually kill someone. I mean we’ve all had bad paper cuts but jaysus
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