Andrew Duffy
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Not many. Santy Cross in Ballymun is nearly finished, as are the stumpy Belgard Square and Smithfield Market. This tower near Fatima Mansions is topped out and I believe the Vantage building in Leopardstown is about to commence construction.
When I read that permission was being sought to extend the Clarence I thought it must have been into this building. The extension is actually going into the houses the other side, or more accurately their back gardens.
I don’t think there are many with multiple millions to spend on a house that would buy one with no security, no front garden, a taxi rank outside the door, constant traffic and a stream of drunks and vomit outside every night of the week.
The work is the installation of a new air conditioning system I believe. Also, the building was never meant to be higher; it was and is higher than its planning permission, which it never needed. The roof plinth is thicker than applied for, and the application had a flat roof (despite the mass of the structure being supported from the beams protruding above the roof). The plans given to the builders had the roof you see now; however to appease the people complaining about the breach of planning permission the roof was left uncovered until leaks forced its completion. The height to the top of the roof is 45.4m and this makes it the fourth highest building in Dublin; the under-construction Santry Cross apartment tower will squeeze it into fifth place.
The Destruction of Dublin has most of the above in it if you can find a copy.
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2005/1215/breaking39.htm
PDs unveil regeneration plan for Dublin port
Last updated: 15-12-05, 12:25Dublin Bay would be transformed into a Manhattan-style skyline under redevelopment plans unveiled today by the Progressive Democrats.
Senator Tom Morrissey said he wanted to see the industrial activity of Dublin Port gradually moved to Bremore, north of Balbriggan, enabling massive urban regeneration of the bay area.
The plan envisages housing, offices, shops, waterfront promenades and parks being built on more than 600 acres of land freed up by the move. The port would be redeveloped for cruise liners.
“This has the potential to create a spectacular Manhattan-style approach to Dublin by sea,” Mr Morrissey said. “The plan draws on international experience in cities like Helsinki and Barcelona where run-down port areas have been transformed beyond recognition.
“It would breath life into Dublin Bay, which is currently an under-used asset.”
The proposals unveiled by the PDs at the International Financial Services Centre today also aim to deliver a truck-free city.
“The ideas we are putting forward would solve Dublin Port’s capacity problem while allowing for the development of `A New Heart for Dublin’ in the future,” Mr Morrissey said.
Mr Morrissey said his party’s proposal was intended to spark debate on how best to develop Dublin Bay, which he described as a unique asset in the heart of the capital. He said he welcomed submissions and suggestions from the public and interested parties on the best way to utilise the bay.
PA
© 2005 ireland.com
The tallest structure is the former Radio Tara / Atlantic 252 mast in Summerhill, at 245m. The tallest unstayed structures are the chimney stacks of Moneypoint power station at 225m, taller than those of Poolbeg power station at 207m.
One of the ambitious road construction plans was the Inner Tangent, which would have encircled the city centre from St. Stephen’s Green to Parnell St. via the Liberties with a dual carriageway, Some of it was built – the dual carriageways on Kevin St. and Bridgefoot St. and the recently-opened Coombe Bypass, but for the most part the route was allowed to go derelict,
The plans for Belfast were absolutely shocking:
http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/roads/belfasturbanmotorway.htmlNo begrudgery at all – I treat coffee as seriously as any other food and Starbucks is to coffee as McDonalds is to food. If you’re planning on opening a cafe that uses its own machines, trains its staff well, and even better, roasts its own beans, then I wish you the best of luck.
By “starbucks-type” do you mean that untrained teenagers will use super-automatic machines to produce undrinkable espresso and large cups of coffee-flavoured milk?
@naz78 wrote:
I wouldn’t pay any attention to that website. Several proposals that have been made for Dublin/Ireland don’t even get a mention there. For example, the 41 storey building proposal in South County Dublin along with a few others.
What’s this?
Any news on Alto Vetro and Montevetro? Has construction started yet?
No.
AFAIK the burntout warehouse on the Montevetro site is still there.
Correct. It is a very small site, isn’t it? The site for the other one is even smaller though – I don’t see how you could get the equipment for a 16 storey building on it.
has constuction started on tara street?
Tara St. Station has been a construction site for about four years, but there’s no movement on the new building. The recent upswing in the Dublin office market might change that.
It’s a nasty pile of postmodern nonsense. To my eyes it’s marginally more offensive than the decaying 60s curtain walled object beside it.
It’s heavily used in the redeveloped Fatima Mansions, and I think it’s used on the new St. Catherines foyer on Marrowbone Lane.
They aren’t Georgian, they are 1940s replicas. It is possible that some of the doorcases are original.
The development in the photo above (http://gtx2.net/archives/2004_05_01_) is called “Dock Mill”; it’s designed by BKD (http://www.bkd.ie/ – click on Projects – Commercial – Barrow St.) and developed by Ashdew Ltd.and is the result of planning application 2409/00. The Montevetro tower will go on the small empty site between there and the train station; this is clear(ish) from the rendering: http://www.treasuryholdings.ie/development/project_detail.asp?id=37&category=Residential&cat=1
Santry Hall and Belgard Square West are the only (vaguely) tall buildings under construction as far as I know. The 12-storey “Tower Central” in Smithfield was recently completed.
The railings appear to have been pretty carefully removed and taken away – the granite bases were drilled out and the gate posts dug up, so I assume they are being restored rather than scrapped.
