Temple Bar
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I was surprise that the recent plan to revitlaise Temple Bar got so little comment on the site. http://www.temple-bar.ie
I though there were some good ideas, in particular the plan for an arcade through the Bank of Ireland to connect College Green and the Temple Bar. It would be great to see this very underused building given a more public function.
In all though I though alot of the plan seemed to be suggesting (very expensive) cosmetic changes just for the sake of it. Relaying cobbles and replaving street lamps and furniture. There is a good case for better public lihting in the area (especially Meeting House Sq which is pitch dark at night) but proposing a massive amount of street works is just unfeasable.
Also the plan suggests a major overhaul for Temple Bar Sq which again I am not sure it needs. Better use and management yes but repavnga nd replanting of trees. However as a starter the CC could at leat get around to repairing the three light pole thingeys whcih have been broken for years now. Great attention to detail by the Street Lighting Dept (see the Boardwalk, the Quays, Sth Georges St etc). :confused:
Both Temple Bar and Meeting House Sq need an active managment team that will allow the squares to be used to their full potential. They are both two excellent spaces but like anywhere they will look unused and windswept and litterstrewn until someone takes an active interest.
Lastly the balloon for the ‘Old Quarter’. Is this really the best they can come up with! Making it more attractive to go down there would be a start. All those dead shopfronts along Essex St (Clarence etc) make it seem that your coming to the end of Temple Bar and the rundown hardware store in teh distance isnt exactly yelling ‘Come Visit’.
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Anyone see the programme last night on RTE 1 about Laura Mahey, the Galway lass and business woman who spear headed the development of Temple Bar, and the failed Bertie Bowl and Mater Hospital redevelopment. In hindsight, pity that those old Georgians along the quay were demolished, for what is there now looks an eyesore, as they poorly maintained, the white paint filthy.
Now under different management, would anyone class Temple Bar as a success now after all these years. It kinda has lost its sparkle I think. Does anyone now if they have still the Halloween Parade and fireworks or has this died a death too.
Now that Smithfield is complete it hasn’t really become a new Temple Bar as such either.
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@GregF wrote:
Now under different management, would anyone class Temple Bar as a success now after all these years. It kinda has lost its sparkle I think. Does anyone now if they have still the Halloween Parade and fireworks or has this died a death too.
Temple Bar was a decrepit slum 20 years ago. Many of the buidings were derelict. It is now considered a huge success in urban renewal terms – in the 1990s, Temple Bar Properties welcomed a constant stream of curious city planners and TV crews from around the world, interested to discover the secrets. While there is a lot of boozing, there are a large number of successful cultural venues, some streets have been beautifully restored such as Eustace and Crowe St. Plenty of high end residential units, many without parking. It is a lively area and a tourist magnet.
It was natural that Laura Magahy gained a reputation for a Midas touch even if it was not to be repeated.
You can declaim the tax incentives but property throughout the country was tax incentivised with little to show for it.
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Did anyone else get along to any of those Temple Bar 15 lectures in the Architectural Archive recently? I managed to see a few of them and thought it was very interesting to see how each of the members of Group 91 had been influenced by their work in Temple Bar, and how they had developed professionally since then.
Also, the photographic exhibition is still on display and well worth a look. -
some of the photos
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@Frank Taylor wrote:
Temple Bar was a decrepit slum 20 years ago. Many of the buidings were derelict. It is now considered a huge success in urban renewal terms – in the 1990s, Temple Bar Properties welcomed a constant stream of curious city planners and TV crews from around the world, interested to discover the secrets. While there is a lot of boozing, there are a large number of successful cultural venues, some streets have been beautifully restored such as Eustace and Crowe St. Plenty of high end residential units, many without parking. It is a lively area and a tourist magnet.
It was natural that Laura Magahy gained a reputation for a Midas touch even if it was not to be repeated.
You can declaim the tax incentives but property throughout the country was tax incentivised with little to show for it.
🙂 One or two mistakes in the area but a 95% success rate on what went before Ms.Magahy’s transformation.
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