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Originally posted by sw101
the city centre is too run run down and under developed to be architecturally impressive beyond the wallpaper that is beth galli’s work on patrick street.
Actually efforts are being made to rejuvenate some of the more dilapedated areas of the city – I’ve never seen so many cranes on Corks skyline as there are at present.
I’m not saying that the results will be architecturally beautiful but they must be an improvement on the delapidation and dereliction which have characterised much of the city for too long.Well you can look at the website at http://www.cork2005.com
Not sure about events yet but its being kicked off with a fireworks display on new years eve by the guy who did the sydney fireworks display for the millenium. Should be good
You could be right about Mahon point. Although on the other side of town in Blackpool they opened a large shopping centre three years ago which is always busy. That must have hit the city centre too.
Another major development in the city is that Examiner Publications have put their offices up for sale. Their offices take up a huge chunk of the city centre from Academy Street up to the savoy. They also have paper stores on half moon street. Johnson and Perrot on Emmet Place are also set to move opening up almost an entire block of retail space a stones throw from Patrick Street. I bet the Briitish retailers will be fighting for that one!The reason it was cancelled is for fear that it would become a target for terrorists. We live in uncertain times and major events such as this are an obvious target. Thats the only reaosn it was cancelled. Traffic disruption was never an issue.
Rjajc,
This discussion has moved on in the 5 days since you last posted so perhaps you should do the same.
Your comment was irrelevant and childish so I felt it didn’t warrant a response.
I still feel that way.Mahon Point is well advanced and will open next year with retailers like Debenhams B&Q and HMV all confirmed as tenants.
After 5 years of disruption the sewage scheme is almost complete with the treatment plant working at 75% capacity at present making Cork harbour a healthier place. The Patrick street rejuvenation is also going well – should be completed by July. Works are also ongoing on Oliver Plunkett Street. I assume they will be finished by the end of the year.
Meanwhile the new lights and bus stops on patrick street have already been vandalised and defaced with socialist workers party posters. Some things never change.
Finally the Ballincollig bypass is well advanced and should open by the autumn.So its not all doom and gloom by the Lee.
Cork – Improved Commuter Service
Cork – Midleton Reopening
DART – Extension to Dublin Airport
Integrated Ticketing
Late Night Trains on DART and Commuter Routes
Limerick Commuter Rail Services
Park n’ Ride at Commuter Train Stations
Shannon Airport Rail LinkThese are some of the areas I think IE should be prioritising. i think there should be a rail link to the 3 main airports Dublin, Shannon and Cork. Park and Ride facilities should be available at stations to encourage people to keep cars out of the cities
Finally stations should be modernised. Great work has been done in Houston but there are other stations around the country that haven’t been touched in 50 years.
For Phils (and anyone else who isn’t aware ) benefit I’ll let you know that the toilets in the bus station are well known as a meeting point for gay men. (think George Michael being arrested)
For this reason alone (and there are many others) the building needs to be completely redesigned and preferably moved.
Thats the one. Of course if you moved the bus station all the grannies would be complaining that they’d have to drag their shopping across the bridge to the new station. No pleasing everyone really is there!
The train station is also in need of attention.
If only there was someone in charge at CIE who had the foresight and wisdom to develop an integrated bus/rail station on the existing Kent Station site with a new entrance on to patricks quay. Then we might have a public transport terminus worthy of the 21st century instead of the pitiful buildings we have now.And CIE will probably spend the money on meetings about how to do up the bus station rather than actually doing it. At any rate work won’t start until Jan 1st 2006.
As predicted nothing has happened with the bus or train station as yet. We are now 9 months from the start of 2005 which is the year Cork has been designated the European capital of culture. By the looks of it only St Patricks street will be completed in time. The tourists will however get to experience the culture of our dilapidated bus and rail stations amongst other things.
Speaking to CIE recently I’ve been told that they have got planning permission for the redevelopment of the PArnel Place bus station and the development is going ahead so the only question now is when?
What are they doing with bus station? Someone mentioned canapies. It needs more than that. It needs to be bulldozed and a fresh start made.
Maybe they are actually proud of the reputation that the toilets on the first floor have!
I suppose knowing CIE if they do anything whatsoever with the building the workers will be out on strike.I saw an artists impression on the corkcity.ie website – part of the development plan i believe. There are also plans for a new bridge (footbridge I think) linking the new entrance for the railway station with the quays redevelopment. Its still all up in the air though.
Just seen the images above.
Isn’t it about time that those terrible girders were removed from the bridge by City Hall (A legacy from the days when the centre span of the bridge could be opened to allow ships through.) It hasn’t been opened in decades and all the lifting machinery is long gone so why do these monstrosities remain?
