Developments in Cork

@Pug wrote:

have been in germany looking at property and all the building thats currently going on , bringing the old east germany type buildings to former west germany standards, there is usually a huge poster/banner type thing, sometimes the size of the building, showing what its going to be like when finished – some developments do have posters up around Cork to be fair – its just they might say something like “Development until 2007” and the building hasnt even started

The Cornmarket St.S.C. has a banner which states that they will be open Autumn 2007 – not a hope I’d say on one of the slowest building sites I have ever come across.

From today’s Evening Echo: (regarding Howard Holdings/Tedcastles site adjacent to Pair Ui Chaoimh)

The site is marked in green. The site marked in purple is owned by a spin-off of IAWS. Expect an announcement on both sites before the end of the summer. Should be two good ‘bookends’ to the South docks as a whole.

@Pug wrote:

at last!! – venue and conference centre much needed – i’m curious to see what it will be like now – i am assuming of course that if there is seats for 4200, there is stnading room for another 4,000. I dont know of many concerts such as those that were held in the Marquee that people would sit down for – cant see people politely clapping along to Slayer in their seats

I still am not sure why a concert venue cant be worked in with a complete revamp of Pairc Ui Chaoimh – i’d rather sink the 8.25 million into that

In todays Irish Examiner it is stated that the adaptable venue will cater for :-

6,000 plus live venue which includes 1,150 seated.

Seated concert venue fro 4,200.

Conference venue for 2,000.

+ suitable for smaller events,banqueting hall for 1,000 and parking for 1,000 spaces.

Of course the City Council will meet 25% of its cost.

Well, it’s not too far to walk from the city centre, close to both the bus and train stations, and wouldn’t be too far from any likely light-rail/tram link through the docklands to Mahon. It might be a bit wasteful to provide much more parking capacity.

Massive demolition opposite the crawford, walked past today. The size of the demolished area is seriously impressive considering it’s in the city centre, looks like the aftermath of a bomb explosion at the moment

@Spinal Tap wrote:

Its a massive city centre site which was underused when you think about it.It should be a mess of concrete lorries and construction traffic for the next 18+ months though.

There are two separae sites there at the moment. The OCP site and Dunnes Stores site. There is another large site over on Parnell Place being developed by Brian McCarthy.

Did a fair old walk around the city, wish I’d brough my camera with me to take a few snapshots of what’s going up around the city centre.

– Jury’s Hotel is progressing nicely. The hotel itself, the apartment building (I presume) to the East, and the wedge shaped building in between (apartments again) are all up, with another building (at first I thought it was an escalator!) going up behind the apartment building. The Weir Bar on the river (obviously) is a nice spot for a lazy Sunday afternoon.

– The scaffolding has come down on half of the Jacob’s Mill building. Pity.

– The breast check clinic on Anglesea St. flew up without me noticing; does anyone have any images of what it’ll be like? Looks fairly ordinary so far. That area is certainly being built up between this, the Copley St. developments, the civic offices, and of course the Elysian isn’t too far away.

– There’s a new development in progress on McCurtain St., just across from St. Patrick’s church. It seems they’re retaining the facade – does anyone know anything about the plans?

– Another one that snuck up on me – the development on Western Rd. on the site of the old greyhound track. I presume it’s part of UCC, does anyone know? Again, speaking of areas that became built-up all of a sudden.

– Aoife Landers pub is being reopened as Market Lane restaurant. No major external changes, but worth noting as another notch in the rejuvenation of that end of Oliver Plunkett St.

– The former paint shop on the corner of Parnell Place and Lower Oliver Plunkett St. seems to be undergoing major renovation too. Hopefully they’ll retain the windows on that one, I always thought it would make a very nice cafe/restaurant/pub.

the one on the Western Rd is the new computer science building for UCC, going to include a boardwalk along the river.

Cheers Radioactiveman (why does that sound like a line from a super-hero comic?)

It looks alright there, though I wouldn’t be too keen on the peach(?)* colour. I hope there’s a bit of artistic license there though – given the Lee’s tendency to flood I hope the banks are higher than that! 🙂

Looks ok at 3 floors, hope it looks ok if 5.

(* I’m a guy. I don’t do colours).;)