Dublin’s Ugliest Building
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@lostexpectation wrote:
whats the bluish building there in the front
Used to be the old Irish Press HQ – Ghastly wasn’t it? Substantially less offensive once it was reclad with stone to appear as if it is a different building 🙂
Hawkins-Poolbeg-Tara-Townsend is the worst city block in Dublin. Truly stunning in its decrepitude.
Nothing less than wholesale demolition will solve the problem.
@hutton wrote:
Used to be the old Irish Press HQ – Ghastly wasn’t it? Substantially less offensive once it was reclad with stone to appear as if it is a different building 🙂
Garda Immigration Bureau. Or at least that’s who’s on the bottom floor.
@lostexpectation wrote:
anymore pics of before, it can’t find any
Some over at fjp http://www.fantasyjackpalance.com/fjp/photos/kf/aerial/index02.html
thanks but those pics are in b+w i want to see its blueness, can’t even find who made it.
good example of liberty halls black windows by day there though
Strange, I thought the bomb which was the cause of the original windows being replaced pre-dated the electrfication of the railway line?:confused:
@lostexpectation wrote:
thanks but those pics are in b+w
In that case you should have asked Morlan to switch on his mind-reading function. :rolleyes:
Seriously, a bit of gratitude wouldn’t go amiss.
more on the history of the building here
https://archiseek.com/content/showthread.php?t=6995&highlight=burgh+quayBTW, that Tivoli music hall was a gem. Damn the auld bastards who demolished it. Another fine bit of the city lost forever.
@ctesiphon wrote:
In that case you should have asked Morlan to switch on his mind-reading function. :rolleyes:
Seriously, a bit of gratitude wouldn’t go amiss.
thanks but those pics are in b+w
I said it, i meant it, f off out of it.
Oh dear. It looks as if the city was carpet bombed. In fairness, it’s easy forget the abject dysfunction that pervaded vast tracts of the city.
Dublin has come a long way 😮@lostexpectation wrote:
I said it, i meant it, f off out of it.
Your tone needs work. ‘thanks but’ does not mean the same thing as ‘thanks’ or even the same thing as ‘thanks, but…’ You may as well have said ‘Thanks for nothing.’
If you wanted colour photos, why didn’t you ask for them?
Perhaps if you took more than 10 seconds to compose your posts…
Well here’s a view of it now, you could just photoshop it blue… 😀
@ctesiphon wrote:
Your tone needs work. ‘thanks but’ does not mean the same thing as ‘thanks’ or even the same thing as ‘thanks, but…’ You may as well have said ‘Thanks for nothing.’
If you wanted colour photos, why didn’t you ask for them?
Perhaps if you took more than 10 seconds to compose your posts…
so your still trying to tell me what i meant, you seem to have trouble catching the subtly of tone across the internet, once again- grammar nazis sticking their nose in can go elsewhere THANKS
back to architecture please
@lostexpectation wrote:
so your still trying to tell me what i meant, you seem to have trouble catching the subtly of tone across the internet, once again
No, he’s (?) telling you what it comes across as, that’s quite different. Ever tried taking a deep breath, and maybe considering that someone else could possibly be right? “Subtlety of tone” being a major issue on the internet, as you seem to have realised, means that the person “speaking” should be making more of an effort to be correctly understood. If you don’t, then don’t complain that people don’t know what you meant. And if you snap at people and behave rudely, don’t expect the conversation to get anywhere near architecture any time soon.
@lostexpectation wrote:
so your still trying to tell me what i meant, you seem to have trouble catching the subtly of tone across the internet, once again- grammar nazis sticking their nose in can go elsewhere THANKS
back to architecture please
I am not trying to tell you what you meant. I am asking you to tell us what you mean. This has nothing to do with grammar (or spelling, or syntax…) and everything to do with content.
If I am guilty of anything, it is of being too attuned to subtlety of tone. Such is my burden.
You’re welcome.
Now, back to architecture.
EDIT: poukai beat me to it. And in a more even tone.
@poukai wrote:
No, he’s (?) telling you what it comes across as, that’s quite different. Ever tried taking a deep breath, and maybe considering that someone else could possibly be right? “Subtlety of tone” being a major issue on the internet, as you seem to have realised, means that the person “speaking” should be making more of an effort to be correctly understood. If you don’t, then don’t complain that people don’t know what you meant. And if you snap at people and behave rudely, don’t expect the conversation to get anywhere near architecture any time soon.
but i didn’t behave rudely, ctesiphon thought i did and somehow thought it worth mentioning on Morlan’s behalf, you can fuck off too seeing as you having trouble understanding subtlety.I thought i might show him what rudeness is. its up to people on the internet to know its hard to portray tone and therefore not go looking for offence like ctesiphon did., ctesiphon snapped at me first, acting like the matron of archeire when non-one asked him too, especially when i specifically thanked morlan, ctesiphon can fuck off twice as much now.
NOW, back to architecture.
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