Ten Developments that shook Dublin
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The ripping up of the extensive tram system in the 50’s.
The prosperity which brought widespread car ownership and made car use affordable resulting the sprawl of Leinster.J. Seerski wrote:Taking on a TV theme, what would a programme about Dublin in the 20th Century name as 10 developments that forever shaped Dubin?Liberty Hall
Ballymun
Griffith Avenue
IFSC
Naas Road
M50
The Spike
ILAC Centre
Smithfield
Tenement Demolition[QUOTE]
Naas Road is about to be completely transformed so might be a bit prematureAs opposed to concentrating on individual manefestations why not look at some causes of patterns.
1 The development of private housing associations in the 1920’s which spawned many of the inner suburbs such as Clontarf, Marino etc
2 Containerisation which altered land use patterns in the docklands
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