Andrew Duffy

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  • February 5, 2003 at 4:54 pm in reply to: O’Connell Bridge House #724172
    Andrew Duffy
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    This is Albert Bridge House in Manchester, built in 1959. Remind you of anything?

    February 5, 2003 at 1:16 pm in reply to: New LUAS pics #724130
    Andrew Duffy
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    Problem is the need for subsidy. Dublin Bus and (I think) Bus Eireann pay for themselves, but Irish Rail soaks up money like crazy. Privatisation could lead to the same dire situation as in the UK, where so little of the enormous ticket prices charged by operators filters down to Railtrack that safety suffers.

    February 5, 2003 at 12:58 pm in reply to: O’Connell Bridge House #724166
    Andrew Duffy
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    I’m not being sarcastic. That’s been the skyline for thirty years, longer than I’ve been around.
    The exception is the rooftop peeking over Hawkins House, and hopefully if we get Southbank, Tara St Station, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, the U2 building, the Point tower and the National Conference Centre the skyline from the East Link will be what the next generation remembers of modern Dublin, rather than a few derelict 1960s lumps with dubious planning permission.

    February 5, 2003 at 10:21 am in reply to: O’Connell Bridge House #724163
    Andrew Duffy
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    You’d have to miss this view if it were demolished.

    February 4, 2003 at 1:49 pm in reply to: O’Connell Bridge House #724159
    Andrew Duffy
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    Form an interesting frame for the big Guinnness advertisement stuck to the loopline bridge, more like.

    February 3, 2003 at 10:06 am in reply to: O’Connell Bridge House #724147
    Andrew Duffy
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    I love it from that angle! It looks like something you’d find abandoned down a back street in Chicago. I just wish the ad for Heineken wasn’t there.

    January 27, 2003 at 8:10 am in reply to: The Spike #721999
    Andrew Duffy
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    The church steeple is the second tallest spire in the city, the Augustinian church on Thomas Street.

    January 22, 2003 at 4:57 pm in reply to: Why Dublin should be proud. #723837
    Andrew Duffy
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    The Poolbeg chimneys are 680ft tall, Moneypoint’s over 700ft. The unused cable-stayed former Radio Tara/Atlantic 252/Sporttalk mast in Summerhill is probably the tallest structure in the country at 800ft.

    January 21, 2003 at 12:32 pm in reply to: The Spike #721885
    Andrew Duffy
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    The historic moment from Harold’s Cross:

    January 20, 2003 at 2:22 pm in reply to: The Spike #721827
    Andrew Duffy
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    We could have had another world record…
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/not_in_website/syndication/monitoring/media_reports/1676761.stm

    January 17, 2003 at 8:13 am in reply to: Infrastructural development in Ireland #723716
    Andrew Duffy
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    They are Japanese. The company building the tunnel is called Mowlem-Nishimatsu-Irishenco. As for the cost, it’s stated as €448m but I don’t know if that’s fixed or an estimate.

    January 16, 2003 at 8:11 am in reply to: Luas Line B #723737
    Andrew Duffy
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    Even if it does apply to all developments, a hectare is very big (about 2.5 acres) so the average plot for a house would have a levy of a few tens of thousands.

    January 15, 2003 at 3:07 pm in reply to: The Spike #721714
    Andrew Duffy
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    The visible joins or ridges or whatever they are on fjp’s photos look terrible. I hope they’re dirt or glue from the wrapping, not welds.

    January 13, 2003 at 1:49 pm in reply to: The Spike #721663
    Andrew Duffy
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    Dorset St is as long (maybe longer) and as straight. Anyway, with the spire being only a couple of metres across the view from Connolly Station to toymaster on Mary St is hardly broken.

    December 19, 2002 at 3:49 pm in reply to: The Spike #721585
    Andrew Duffy
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    I’m sure the Ann Summers shop nearby already sells some replicas.

    December 10, 2002 at 10:44 am in reply to: The Spike #721528
    Andrew Duffy
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    I will be away this weekend, so will probably miss the erection of the first couple of sections. I trust Paul and fjp will be there with their respective cameras?

    December 10, 2002 at 9:06 am in reply to: New Liffey pedestrian bridge #723291
    Andrew Duffy
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    The centre 44m swings open; it looks like the two pillars rotate and break the bridge in the middle.

    The article is here:

    http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2002/1210/1571527748HM3BRIDGE.html

    December 10, 2002 at 8:38 am in reply to: New U2 Studio in Dublin Docklands #722692
    Andrew Duffy
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    That’s a different building in the same general area. It is approved, but the company that owns the site is the subject of a messy takeover campaign at the moment.

    http://www.ddda.ie/uploads/pdfs/aerial%20shots.pdf

    The highlighted site is for the U2 building, the large empty site for the building you posted the link to. I believe the existing U2 studio is in one of the unpleasant warehouses towards the top left of the picture. The city is off in the direction of the top right; so if both buildings are built the larger one will obscure the “landmark” U2 tower.

    November 28, 2002 at 3:26 pm in reply to: The Spike #721501
    Andrew Duffy
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    I can see the crane from Harold’s Cross. It’s leaning down at the moment, so there’s no point in taking a photo.

    November 27, 2002 at 9:08 am in reply to: The Spike #721490
    Andrew Duffy
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    I had a look down O’Connell St last night whilst waiting for a Nitelink, and the crane was already twice the height of the buildings. It looks really ominous in the dark, and I was well annoyed I didn’t have my camera.

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