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@Global Citizen wrote:
It can be argued that no one goes to a match to watch it on big screens but they have become a part of a modern stadium experience.
From an article in the NYT this week it appears that more and better video is key to keeping fans in the stadium and away from their 50″ HD TV at home.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/29/sports/football/29stadium.html
Has anyone got any idea what the RPA are presently doing on the central median of O’Connell St. Their contractors have erected hoarding over the last number of days on the median north of Abbey St. More test boring for Metro North, or something else?
Of course, nothing on their site.
Just an update on block pictured above – the corner of Lower Merrion St./Lincoln Place.
The upper floors of this block (including the floors over Sweny’s) are nearing the end of a complete refurbishment.
Sweny’s itself has been closed/abandoned for the last 6/8 weeks.
And last week the billboard did the decent thing and fell to the pavement – and was promptly removed by the Dublin Fire Brigade. The billboard mount and lighting remains.
@poukai wrote:
Yep, so beautifully balanced that the tip was dipping into the river this morning 😀 Must post a few pics…
Someone must have slackened the cables!
From DCC’s website:
“Mounting bridge on support pier
Once the bridge is evenly balanced it will be mounted on its pier. Barges at either end of the bridge will support it during this operation. The barges will position the rotation point of the bridge over the central pier at high tide. When the tide comes down the gap between the central pier and the bridge’s rotation point will close. The bridge will be mounted and the barges removed. This is currently scheduled to take place over one day on 20/05/09.
Tensioning of cable stays
The cable stays will again be tensioned to evenly balance the bridge on the pier and ensure that only an axial force will be transferred. These works take place between 20/05/09 and 28/05/09. “
It looks so delicately balanced now. Beautiful.
Seeing the positive, the New York Times’ take on Smithfield (April 26th 2009)
http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/04/26/travel/26surfacing.html?ref=travel
Passing the Celtic Note shop on Nassau Street today I noticed a waxwork/dummy of the late Joe Dolan in the window. At Joe’s feet lay a sign saying that the Waxworks Museum would be opening in Foster Place in February 2009.
Does anyone know which building it will occupy?
From 22nd June 2007, 01:52 AM
@Paul Clerkin wrote:‘Irish Times’ iconic clock leaves D’Olier Street
Frank McDonald, Environment EditorThe Irish Times clock was finally removed from D’Olier Street in Dublin yesterday and is to be re-erected on the gable end of the company’s new premises on Tara Street.
The clock, which dates from the early 1900s, was originally erected on the old Irish Times building on Westmoreland Street and then relocated to D’Olier Street after the front office was relocated there in the 1970s.
Planning permission had to be sought from Dublin City Council to remove the clock as it was part of a terrace of protected buildings dating from the first decade of the 19th century, designed by the Wide Streets Commissioners.
The city council also needed to give its consent as landlord to the re-erection of the clock on the new Irish Times premises, where it is to be placed at second-floor level on the Townsend Street frontage of the seven-storey building.
The clock will be prominently located on the basalt panels of the building, secured to its reinforced concrete structure.
It will also be situated at a high enough elevation to ensure that it would not be hit by a truck or double-decker bus.
MaolÃosa Ó Floinn of architects Henry J Lyons and Partners said the cast ironwork of the clock – which he described as having “iconic value” – would need to be refurbished before being erected at its new location in the coming months.
In the meantime, he said work would proceed on the installation of a digital “ticker-tape scroll” at first-floor level on the Tara Street frontage of the building.
This will carry breaking news from Irish Times website, ireland.com.
The former Irish Times premises in D’Olier Street and Fleet Street was acquired last year by developers P Elliott and Company for €29 million.
It is likely to be renovated for a mix of offices and apartments with shops at street level.
Well, the clock was finally erected on Townsend Street this evening. No clear view of it owing to scaffolding etc, but it should be proudly on display tomorrow morning.
ABP has given the green light: http://www.rte.ie/business/2008/0728/arnotts.html
Well that ‘lime’ tree is in now, possibly needs a little pruning but should fit in with others soon enough. The landscapers are also planting a couple of trees that were missing, since formal completion of the scheme, further up O’Connell Street.
A little bit of good news: A landscaping company are busy replacing the lime tree on the central median that was demolished by a truck last November.
@ctesiphon wrote:
I agree- that comment in the context of the Docklands is a bit silly- Georgian? But you appear to be taking An Taisce to task for someone else’s lazy journalism- don’t blame AnT for the failings of The Guardian.
(Unless it suits your ‘argument’ to do so, which we know by now to be the case. So please, carry on with your nonsense. It’s entertaining watching the bluster rise, if nothing else.)
On an unrelated note, I presume you’re aware of Sydney’s current reappraisal of their tall buildings policy? Perhaps our cautious approach will, in time, prove to be enviable rather than embarrassing?
I presume you’re referring to Barangaroo (http://www.barangaroo.com/), the new docklands development in Sydney Harbour under the planning authority of a body not unlike the DDDA, the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority: http://www.shfa.nsw.gov.au/
They are planning yet more tall buildings in the harbour. There’s a video presentation showing the past, present and future of the development site: http://www.barangaroo.com/downloads/061005_EDH_conceptanimation_V1_WEB.mpg
Article on Barangaroo from Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/developers-given-green-light-to-think-wide-or-tall/2007/11/30/1196394622474.html@alonso wrote:
but many thousands will pass through these buildings 4 times a day, and millions of different people will use them every year. Are you saying aesthetics are irrelevant to such structures?
No. I’m saying that silly comparisons shouldn’t be made to advance an argument.
@AndrewP wrote:
This has got to be one of the most depressing sentiments I have ever read. All the more depressing because it’s probably close to what an awful lot of people in this country think on the subject of public transport or even architecture and aesthetics generally.
Try this:
The purpose of public housing is to keep the rain off people’s heads while they eat and sleep. It does not exist to provide an aesthetic experience. Once the thing does the job who gives a toss.
What nonsensical and aesthetical hysteria? And a poor comparison to boot. With train frequencies of up to 4 minutes you won’t be spending a lifetime in the Metro station, unlike public housing.
There’s no chance we’ll get this Batcave look. (Stockholm metro)
http://attu-pics.blogspot.com/2006/06/metro-stations-in-stockholm.html
Its Crane Lane – the sign for the Boilerhouse, “Dublin’s best and biggest sauna” is clearly visible on the left
Not so fast alonso. That Condition concerns site access during construction – not the final access arrangements for the carpark. See Directive 1 for that:
(1.0) Transport and Traffic: (1.1) Notwithstanding the submitted Mobility Management Plan the applicant is requested to submit further justification for the location of the proposed underground car parking access arrangements on O’Connell Street. In this regard the applicant is requested to itemise all those reasonable alternative design solutions that were considered. These should be clearly set out in a detailed matrix, and assessed accordingly having regard to the following (amongst others) criteria – Traffic implications for O’Connell Street – Traffic implications for extended local road network – Impact on LUAS operations – Possible impact on Metro operations – Visual impact on O’Connell Street – Impact on Dublin Bus operations – Impact on pedestrian flows immediate at Easons (directly opposite access dip) – Impact on wider pedestrian movement (including intersection Princess Street/O’Connell Street) – Impact on those with disability and impaired mobility. – Impact on sustainability of proposed retail development itself. (1.2) Having regard to the above, the applicant is requested to submit further information with regard to the detailing of any proposed vehicular access onto O’Connell Street. This should include extensive examples of imagery and drawings (including detailed materials of thereof) of similar such successful underground car parking arrangements elsewhere. The submission should also include a comparative analysis as to the rationale of the preferred design solution having regard to alternative access arrangements considered, for example access off Abbey Street or via Liffey Street. This should also include an analysis of differing depths of gradient etc, and innovative and alternative architectural solutions that would add rather than substantially detract from the public domain. The analysis shall also show how the proposed car park access will affect the level of service for pedestrians along O’Connell Street. This should be accompanied with a safety audit based on peak pedestrian congestion levels.
