Talbot Street, Dublin
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There was cinema signs on the building until the late 1980s anyway because I recall seeing them on my way to trains in Connolly as a student.
The New Electric Cinema, set back at a angle to Talbot Street and approached by a long passage from the Talbot street entrance, was completely demolished in late 2005.
There was, I understand, apartments (what else) to be constructed on this site, which is accessed from Amiens Street also. Progress should most easily be viewed from the DART or rail line. As the photo shows, the Talbot Street facades are retained.
@tommyt wrote:
Had a brief chat with the proprietot of the internet cafe that was there before it started to redevelop. He said it was structurally unsound but the council wouldn’t let the owners knock it. From viewing the inside of the building from the top deck of the bus I think this is the case. There are a lot of RSJ’s and other supporting beams up inside the shell at present. The internet cafe guy was hoping to relet the premises when finished
Thanks. The building is definitely worth retaining.
@GrahamH wrote:
Now that Iceland are pulling out of the Republic (the supermarket that is :)), and Musgraves & Co are sniffing about, what’s the likelihood of another Spar/Centra/Super Valu/Mace moving in to their Talbot St unit?
It would officially be the Convenience Capital of Western Europe.
I don’t know what the locals do when they venture out to other areas of the city – must be shell-shocked at the notion of having to walk more than 8 yards for a pint of milk 😮I saw an add in today’s Metro advertising for staff for TESCO Express for a new outlet in Talbot Street. I wonder where they are locating (the unoccupied rebuilt building opposite Irish Life Mall that used to be called Mallmart?) I don’t recall any other large building on that street that would facilitate a Tesco store. Echoing the poster’s comments above, Talbot St really will be the Convenience capital of Euope with Dunnes, SuperValu, 3 Spars and now a Tesco – I’m sure I’m leaving out one or two other convenience stores!
@GrahamH wrote:
Just on this building at the junction of Marlborough Street as mentioned in another thread, it really is a shame what a decrepit state it is in:
Something worth noting- I spotted recently that this building has a corrugated roof.
(Thanks tomk for reviving the thread- I couldn’t find it a while ago to post this fragment of info.)
The Tesco is planned for the vacant units of the residential building opposite Irish Life Mall (as you suggest Tomk). Another interesting application on the street is for a mosque to be located just a few doors up in what I think is a B&B now (just after the D of Education building).
That building is a disgrace! How muvch would a slap of paint cost. Still the Bag Store building which was looking pretty crumby until recently was cleaned and restore over the past month and looks so mcuh better for it.
And…almost forgot…that monstrosity down the end of Tablot Street with the “new street”. What a mess!
There was a 19th century terrace demolished to build the Independent’s new offices. Not terribly sustainable.
Why is (at the least) facade retention never considered for these?
I’m no architect, but surely retaining the facade at the street, then having higher (presumably glass) floors recessed is preferable to complete demolition of the existing buildings?The new development by the railway viaduct on Talbot St is nearly ready, is create a short new st going north and a small plaza under the railway:
@notjim wrote:
The new development by the railway viaduct on Talbot St is nearly ready, is create a short new st going north and a small plaza under the railway:
Good to see a new street going in here; I’ve always found the area behind very forbidding so opening it up may just integrate the street behind that little bit more. With the amount of hotels and guest houses down here if a street grain similar to Temple Bar were to be created there is no reason why this couldn’t become a budget version of Temple Bar for tourists reliveing Temple Bar of the weekend overcrowding it suffers from.
The park on Foley St, at the end of the new Street, is closed for refurbishment. This really has the potential to be a lovely area. It already has a nice mix of activity, from apartments, hotels & hostels, offices, the DCC Gallery & Dance Ireland HQ (everywhere needs a few artsy types) on Foley St. and quite a number of nice independent cafe’s & restaurants. Not to mention the proximity of Connolly Station & Busaras delivering thousands to the area daily. Sadly, as with much of the North Inner City, the number of strung out junkies hanging around the area really spoils it. If that issue can be overcome it has a lot of potential.
sarsfield: it doesn’t help to call anyone ‘strung out junkies’ – it’s a fact of modern life. We either decriminalise drugs and treat it as a medical and social problem, or actually try and rehabilitate addicts instead of feeding them methadone so we can all just sweep it under the carpet. Why are the visible addicts in the North Inner City and not Ballsbridge? Discuss.
@johnglas wrote:
sarsfield: it doesn’t help to call anyone ‘strung out junkies’ – it’s a fact of modern life.
But they ARE strung out junkies. The solution may be up for discussion but the issue isn’t.
Your language is; they are people and it is sometimes well to remember that. Much of our current ills have been caused by money-grabbing, ‘there is no such thing as society’ capitalists; does it achieve anything by calling them ‘parasites’ who have ended up not being ‘junkies’ in the inner city?
@johnglas wrote:
Why are the visible addicts in the North Inner City and not Ballsbridge?
Have you been to Roly’s lately? And that’s just the ‘visible’ ones. Not to mention Mother’s Little Helper, alive and well in the farmhouse chic kitchens of D4 still, johnglas, make no mistake.
As to your question- they’re in the north inner city because that’s where the clinics are. They’re around Baggot Street too, because there’s a clinic there- and that’s D4.
There are myriad points that one could proffer in this debate, but none of them have anything to do with architecture or planning, so the conversation properly belongs elsewhere. However, the fact remains that many people don’t feel comfortable walking the north inner city – in the last month I’ve seen defecation, oral sex, violence, vandalism and theft within a five minute walk of O’Conell Street – and I think that’s the point Sarsfield was trying to make. You might be right about his language, but so what? I’d argue that the point remains valid.
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