How well do you know Dublin?
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Why is it that the bovine sculpture has no horns?
Is the sculptor trying to say something?
Or is it because that horns might be a danger to the public, should a drunken Joe Soap or a kid become impaled on it?
There is a fine statue of a Bull on Wall Street, horns and all.
@magwea wrote:
B
C
Is B the side wall of Molloy’s pub on Talbot Street?
And C the back of Lincoln Place in Trinity? (I guessed it on the last page, but I think you missed it.)
That leaves only A from your second post…
Sorry i did miss your post earlier ctesiphon. Your correct of course: Talbot Street pub and Lincoln Place.
One more. This one is just outside of the canal boundary but not by much.
Hopefully not breaking the rules.. a cryptic of sorts.
For 1 point…. Where is this?
For 5 points…What has been removed?
For 10 ponts…Where is it now?
Manfield Chambers, O’Connell Street Lower.
The Trivision sign has been removed (as well as the original elegant metal window/s).
The sign has probably morphed into a JCDecaux somewhere along the line, whilst the windows are in landfill, alas.
Manfield Chambers, O’Connell Street Lower.
The Trivision sign has been removed (as well as the original elegant metal window/s).
The sign has probably morphed into a JCDecaux somewhere along the line, whilst the windows are in landfill, alas.
Spot on Graham;
I thought the sign had ‘migrated’ to Batchelors Walk, but after a bit of thinking and digging, I realise that this had been up for a while: However the election produces the irony of the current Lord Mayor advertising her campaign on an illegal erected trivision sign. They didn’t even attempt to apply for planning permission for this sign.
@magwea wrote:
Sorry i did miss your post earlier ctesiphon. Your correct of course: Talbot Street pub and Lincoln Place.
One more. This one is just outside of the canal boundary but not by much.
Not by much indeed!
It’s in the Glasnevin Cemetery extension, it’s the back of a war memorial at the far East of the site, a few metres behind where the pic was taken is Glasnevin Junction (I think?) on the rail line.The new Coke Dublin ad campaign is clever. Keeps me suitably occupied at the bus stop every morning. The buildings themselves are very accurately depicted in spite of the riotous licence taken with their positioning.
Copper has been used to roof Connolly and Christchurch, but we’ll let em away with it…
Good detailing, right down to Sam’s later incongruous railings around the Central Bank.
@igy wrote:
It’s in the Glasnevin Cemetery extension, it’s the back of a war memorial at the far East of the site
Spot on igy. I as worried no one would get it.
A view from the front for those unfamiliar:
@igy wrote:
a few metres behind where the pic was taken is Glasnevin Junction (I think?) on the rail line.
If this is what you mean, yes. You need to be quick to be able to see it from the DART. Photo was taken from he Royal Canal. I was completely unfamiliar with the sculpture or that part of Glasnevin cemetery. The cemetery is very well hidden. I wonder who lives in that blue container.
GrahamH that ad is neat alright.
I love that Coke ad – especially as I used to work as a graphic designer using the legendary DPaint, the 16 colour drawing program used.
I’d love to know who did this piece of work as I can well imagine a couple of the DPaint geniuses I used to work with having the skill to do this.
For more of this style
http://www.pixelmuseum.com/@Smithfield Resi wrote:
I love that Coke ad – especially as I used to work as a graphic designer using the legendary DPaint, the 16 colour drawing program used.
Amiga A500 memories. Thank you.:)
Leeson Street Bridge, 1900. Victoria’s, not secrets, visit to Dublin for the Empire Exhibition in what is now Herbert Park.
@lunasa wrote:
Leeson Street Bridge, 1900. Victoria’s, not secrets, visit to Dublin for the Empire Exhibition in what is now Herbert Park.
The arch is Leeson St. Bridge, but my information is a visit of Edward VII, possibly 1907? not Vic.
Royal Arms is on Royal Victoria Eye & Ear Hospital.
What is the story with the Arch? When was it removed and to where?
@lauder wrote:
Royal Arms is on Royal Victoria Eye & Ear Hospital.
Spot on, lauder . . . the ‘Eye & Ear’ it is, on Adelaide Road. The date seems to be 1897.
@Lauder wrote:
What is the story with the Arch? When was it removed and to where?
I think it was just a temporary structure, pure and simple, put up just for the royal visit!
Wasn’t there a long renaissance tradition of doing this kind of thing?
I recall several paintings in the National Gallery of squares in renaissance Rome filled with elaborate baroque structures, erected for various weddings or festivals etc.
This is a mid 18th century example, drawn by Canaletto, of a huge temporary baroque structure in the Piazzetta in Venice, apparently erected just for the Carnival!The illustrator behind the coke ads is called Eboy. His blog has high resolution images of the poster as well as the Cork, Belfast, Galway versions. Worth checking out if you like the ad.
Of course there is always the Coke bebo page for people who want to play the game. Which is like this thread on skittles.
Enough shilling for coke for one day i think.
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