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@ConK wrote:

the plans for this site are

Full Development Description

I, Daniel Cassidy, intend to apply for permission for development consisting of the demolition of the existing wax museum building and construction of a 118 bedroom hotel development with ancillary accomodation consisting of seven stories of accomodation over basement service area/car park,new vehicular access way to basement service area/car park off Bethesda Place, reception, lounge, restaurant, bar, kitchen & ancillary facilities at ground level and bedroom and ancillary facilities at upper levels, at the wax museum site bounded by Dorset Street and Granby Row to the West & South and by Bethesda Place to the North located at Dorset Street & Granby Row, Parnell Square, Dublin 1.

planning app 4215/04 . GRANTED. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE TOLD THEM ABOUT THE OLD BUILDING UNDERNEATH. – COZ OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITION.
CONDITION
1. There is a discrepancy between the conclusion of the conservation report submitted with the application and the report of the City Council’s Conservation Officer, dated 18/01/05, following the recent opening up works. In light of the third party objection to the demolition of the existing building, it is considered that the architectural and historic significance of the extant eighteenth-century fabric be fully assessed at this juncture. The applicant is asked to submit a revised Conservation Statement, which should be informed by the nature and extent of original fabric uncovered as a result of the opening up works viewed on the 13/01/05 as part of the submitted additional information request. It is noted that the applicant’s conservation consultant is asked to contact the area planner before the submission of this clarification to facilitate a joint detailed site inspection in conjunction with the City Conservation Officer.

surely if there is anything left of the old church underneath that “fallout shelter” he will not be permitted to demolish it!!!

@notjim wrote:

This is a scandal, a number of good visitor attraction suggestions were made to the DDDA, Interactive science museums for example have a well-established ability to bring in huge crowds and with Dublin’s shortage of childrens activities, it would have done great. Instead, they were fixed on shopping and dazzled by the idea of Harvey Nicks, the cultural subsidy was wasted and then they couldn’t get tenants, presumably for the want of footfall, now they are going to have a hotel, like that’s exciting, and a few resteraunts and to get footfall up they are going to put the abbey on stilts, ruining one of the finest parts of the docklands areas. Fucking idiots.

could not agree more!!!

@notjim wrote:

I hope they aren’t really going to fill the dock, that would be stupid. The big gravel space might be it, I have been suprised in the past by how big that is.

wouldnt be a bad place to site the abbey provided its not more of the same crap that has been built down there already..is the proposal to have the new theatre surrounded by water which could actually look very well!

@alpha wrote:

i find it odd that erection work hasn’t begun on either tara street, montevetro or quay lodge. i know it’s not called quay lodge anymore but i call it that as it’s easier to remember. according to some websites these buildings should be well under construction.

does anyone actaully know what the story is with Tara St I assummed it was the dart upgrade which was stalling that building

@JPD wrote:

Sadly how true the docklands represents the biggest lost opportunity ever

Its strange that Belfast has no problem building high e.g Lanyon place and now the Titanic quarter but Dublin does…it does not make a lot of sense

Does anyone know the state on play on at the minute on the Tara St tower , has someone in CIE forgot they where suppossed to be getting it built around now? :confused: