barneymagee
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@rofbp wrote:
btw, i’ve often tried to open those planning links on a mac, in safari and firefox, but it never seems to work. any suggestions?
Yea it’s annoying. Not sure why the City Council doesn’t simply use PDFs rather than LizardTech (never seen anyone else use this).
From what I can tell I can only download the LizardTech plugin for Internet Explorer. There doesn’t seem to be one for firefox or safari.
I use firefox as my browser. There is an add-on you can download called IE Tab Plus which opens a new tab within firefox but it’s using the Internet Explorer browser engine. It means I can view the planning docs within firefox without having to start up explorer separately.
Not sure if the above will work on a mac though.
@rofbp wrote:
that first picture was the one i mentioned from inside the paper, which held more interest.
i have 2 queries:
what is the large pylon/structure on top of the large building on the right? it looks quite blocky on the top, almost like a floodlighting pylon!
second, what is the structure on the far left foreground? it looks like a bridge at water street?i’d like to see a render from this type of angle:
Could simply be a design feature. The Elysian has what looks like a flagpole on top also.
The other thing to notice the next time you’re in the area is all the mobile phone masts on the R&H Hall silos. When these are demolished there will be a need for the masts to be located elsewhere. I’d say many of the new tall buildings in the area will see masts on them.Yea that image seems to be the Water Street bridge which they want to build after the Eastern Gateway Bridge.
@jungle wrote:
Where exactly is the site? And do we lose any significant buildings if it gets developed?
The site is between the Sextant pub and the Idle Hour pub on Albert Quay. You could say it is two blocks down river from City Hall.
There are two stone work buildings that, according to the artist’s impression, will be retained.Yea, it’s been granted permission. With five conditions attached, however I hear they are fairly minor.
It’ll now be all about the funding I suppose. The bridge would work as an economic stimulus providing jobs during construction. Assuming it’s going to take a few years to complete, it might be ready in time for this supposed upturn in the economy. No one thinks the Dokclands will proceed as quickly as envisaged first day but at least the go ahead for the bridge will mean the marker has been laid down and we are moving ahead.I’d be very annoyed to hear the Gov procastinate on this matter citing the economy and then turn around and move ahead with Luas and Dart extensions in Dublin.
