Stephen’s Green
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On a genuinely positive note, the recently completed perimeter paving around the Green looks spectacular, a credit to the OPW. The best of materials and the best of workmanship pays off wonderfully, it has breathed new life into the area. The laying of a decent road surface and the reinstatement of the silver Victorian lamp standards on the opposite sides would finish it off nicely. (I won’t mention the lantern-head issue again)
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Yeah, it really looks excellent, and the round corner near Baggot Street looks just fantastic, though I can’t figure out what the did with it. I think they lowered the statue plynth (?) and added lights and paving, but it just seems to really catch my eye every time I walk by.
I’d go as far as saying that it looks “cool”.
fjp
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Its such a pleasant place to walk now, esp in contrast with the congested pavements across the road, esp around the Grafton Street corner. There is no excuse now for the paving not to be maintained, it should all be pressure washed 2-3 times a year, hardly much to ask. Maintenance of public spaces is the millstone around Dublin’s neck, and needs to be addressed.
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Yeah, all that red paving is a bit naff, very 80s, although it does make it the only Dublin street with some warmth & character. The mock Victorian lanterns are also dated, but only because they are poor replicas, the columns themselves are original though, made in the Hammond Lane foundry in approx 1870. Decent replicas should be installed, as they are in character with Ireland’s finest and most intact Victorian street.
I should’nt be saying that I noticed this, the bulbs inside them are actually standard crappy 20w domestic energy saving bulbs! And we wonder why Dublin is so gloomy at night?!!!
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