Eglinton Street Tower, Cork
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I heard Sligo being referred to as ‘Sligo City’ last week on the radio! I laughed. – Has nothing to do with the title of this thread, but just continuing on from previous comments.
@rebel_city wrote:
I heard Sligo being referred to as ‘Sligo City’ last week on the radio! I laughed. – Has nothing to do with the title of this thread, but just continuing on from previous comments.
I heard the same and laughed.
By their criteria Midleton will be a city soon.
Cashel used to be a city!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cities_of_IrelandYeah, Wikipedia also calls Sligo a city in parts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sligo
It has more of a claim to being a city than Kilkenny, which is quite small. I actually remember an interview with some member of the Sligo Chamber of commerce saying in some newspaper thet while they weren’t actually a city they had the mentality of one. It seems that they have taken on much more than a city mentality.
@corkdood wrote:
From what I’ve read the apartment prices at the Elysian won’t be any cheaper than that Angry Rebel.
i truly believe that by the end of the year/early 2008 buy to let investors will be trying to offload their investments on the market left right and centre. So yes in my view there could be thousands of apartments on the market.by the time Eglinton street goes for sale.I checked with the estate agents and seems the pricing won’t be available ’til next Spring.
Noticed on irishpropertywatch.com that prices in a new development in Glounthaune had been cut from €925k to €760k for new 4-bed hourses so think it will be a very different market by then especially with a few more interest hikes to come.
ARGHHH! The more this rises the more my heart sinks. If only the tower element was shifted to the eastern corner
As I understand it, there is still one more “floor” (or, at least a mezzanine level) to go above the 17th.
Still, if you’re standing on the footpath across the road from the front of City Hall you can just barely see the very top of the tower.
What I think is a pity is that the 7-8 storey block is likely to obscure most of the tower from many directions, so it’s likely to look a lot more stumpy.
Actually, it’s well worth checking out the revamped site, the presentation video has a good CGI animation of the building which gives an idea of the scale, shape and materials of the new building.
One thing that I noticed was that going over the Kinsale Road Roundabout flyover, the current height plus one floor would be the exact height of the hills behind. Methinks that came into the height decision. It does not take from the hills behind and is a perfect height given the view.
@d_d_dallas wrote:
ARGHHH! The more this rises the more my heart sinks. If only the tower element was shifted to the eastern corner
Yes, but then there wouldn’t be the great view of the tower coming down the south link.
@PTB wrote:
Yes, but then there wouldn’t be the great view of the tower coming down the south link.
This “gateway” crap is pointless. Who cares if some motorist get’s a bit of a thrill when it’s at the cost of an established view in the city core.
@d_d_dallas wrote:
This “gateway” crap is pointless. Who cares if some motorist get’s a bit of a thrill when it’s at the cost of an established view in the city core.
The view is obviously established but City Core it is not.
Mostly housing off Wellington Road etc.
Its a great “start” to the city and the future docklands etc.
Cork people seem to think that they are all entitled to a view of St.Finbarrs,St.Lukes,Shandon etc forever for some reason ?
@Spinal Tap wrote:
Cork people seem to think that they are all entitled to a view of St.Finbarrs,St.Lukes,Shandon etc forever for some reason ?
Ah come on now, that argument’s starting to get a little tired.
There are better places to site tall buildings and worse, and FWIW I think blocking one of the best views of the North ridge (for everyone along that route, I don’t live there) would have been a poor choice. As it happens, you can’t really see the tower on the Link until you come around the last slight bend, so it doesn’t have much impact and works quite well.
@who_me wrote:
Ah come on now, that argument’s starting to get a little tired.
There are better places to site tall buildings and worse, and FWIW I think blocking one of the best views of the North ridge (for everyone along that route, I don’t live there) would have been a poor choice. As it happens, you can’t really see the tower on the Link until you come around the last slight bend, so it doesn’t have much impact and works quite well.
Eglinton Street Tower is in a perfect location – Cork needs to start embracing taller buildings and private developers need to start building quality archchitecture.
@Spinal Tap wrote:
Eglinton Street Tower is in a perfect location – Cork needs to start embracing taller buildings and private developers need to start building quality archchitecture.
I agree, the “copy and paste†form of architecture favored by a lot of design firms, encouraged by some construction firms and most of Corks planners should take its rightful place, in the rubbish bin.
😎 O’Flynn Construction, to their credit, commission quality designers that produce a quality end product.@Spinal Tap wrote:
Eglinton Street Tower is in a perfect location – Cork needs to start embracing taller buildings and private developers need to start building quality archchitecture.
That’s what I said – it works quite well! Sheesh, you’re so busy walking around admiring the thing when you should be looking at your PC screen! :p
I’d love to see taller buildings in Cork, and by taller I mean a lot taller than The Elysian! In fact I was disappointed when I read there were likely to be 4 very tall buildings in the Docklands, and peaking at 22 floors. I’d far prefer to have several tall, slender, attractive (hopefully, innovative) towers in certain areas – notably the South Docklands and Blackpool – than a monolithic 6-8 storey block which completely dominates the view.
Can someone clarify for me the actual number of floors in the tower. My understanding is that the origional planning approved was for 17 stories + 2 basement levels, then the developers sought and got permission to include an 18th floor within the overall buildings height (I think the spike on top will be shorter), but this two story Penthouse that is going on top of the lift shaft, is this an additional 2 floors? Will the building be in fact 20 floors + 2 basement?
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