Pearse Tower to be demolished July 10 at 12 noon
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Pearse first to go
Pearse Tower will be the first of Ballymun’s infamous flats to be demolished on July 10 at 12 noon.
The demolition will be carried out using long-reach machinery brought in from the UK. On the previous day, a traditional Irish “wake” will be held in Ballymun to mark the end of the high-rise flats.
Only seems like yesterday since I took photos from the top of the flats, when they were just newly built.
How proud the first tenants were of them at that stage, and how apprehensive they were to leave their kids play on the acres of mud / grass that surrounded them. They really do look dire now, with all the balconies painted.
One wonders how they would have fared, had controllable central heating been included, compared to the on or off underfloor system chosen.
have to get along to that. Spent the first 6 years of my life in Pearse Tower (wasn’t allowed out :D) I was almost born in the lift as it happens. My ma was in labour and was getting the lift down to the car to get us to hostpital and the lift droke down. When they finally fixed it and got it down there was a couple of hundred people, an ambulance and fire engine outside as word had spread that some woman had given birth in the lift.
Alas, I let everyone down by staying in until we got to the Coombe.
will defo go down for a looksee. only live down the road. one of the best parties I was ever at was in that tower block.
Indeed, I originally heard one of the towers was to be imploded (I also thought that it was Pearse Tower)
Indeed …
http://www.irish-architecture.com/news/2002/000141.htm
April 30 2002: Infamous high-rise towers to bite the dust in summer
The Irish IndependentPlans for the demolition of high-rise Ballymun towers have been completed. The four, eight and 15-storey concrete structures erected in the mid-1960s will be reduced to rubble, starting this summer. The first of the seven infamous towers to be levelled will be the Thomas McDonagh complex, which is to be dismantled layer by layer. Following that, Pearse tower, is to be blown up early next year by UK experts, Controlled Demolition Group Ltd.
It’s going to take a while to get rid of all of these buildings. theres close to thirty, isn’t there?
After the presence of asbestos threatened serious delays, half of the blocks are now considered safe to dismantle. They will not come down in dramatic detonations, but be gradually eaten away over a few weeks. The small chunks of debris will be ground down and re-used. The new Ballymun will be built, in part, from the bones of the old.
Wow, so the new buildings- I’ve seen some of the smaller proposals in addition to Santry Cross, but are there any plans of anything close to that scale? Such as groups of identical buildings like these that will be dismantled?
Ballymun landmark comes down today
Published by Rte Interactive 10 July 2004 14:16
Demolition of the Ballymun tower blocks in Dublin began at midday today.The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, was present for the start of the demolition, which comes almost four decades after the flats were first built.
Ballymun’s 36 blocks of flats were initially seen as luxurious but quickly deteriorated.
Six hundred people have already moved from their flats into new homes in the area.
A good day for Dublin, maybe now the city can move on beyond its negative image of apartment living.
Does anyone have any of the architectural models of Ballymun Shopping Centre. It would be interesting to preserve at least something of this substantial Dublin community environment
I have read in various sources that the cost of the entire Ballymun regeneration project is 2.5billion euros. But who exactly is paying for this, or how is it being paid for????
The commercial element within the residential area will cover a lot of it http://www.lisney.com
Then the PPP with Green Property to develop the Ballymun Business park will pay a bit more.
There are also a number of private units going in which will be sold at market value.
Then there is the government money which I don’t think too many will question.
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