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Also, in case you haven’t seen this:
Ryan W. Kennihan Architects wins Henrietta Street Ideas Competition
Archiseek.com
The commission of an Open Ideas Architectural Design Competition to
address the site of No. 16 Henrietta Street was enshrined as a policy
in the Henrietta Street Conservation Plan, (2006). The competition was
organised by the Royal Institutes of Architects of Ireland (RIAI). The
competition aimed to establish a design framework for the development
of the site, which is informed by the Conservation Plan and best
architectural practice, and to generate debate and discussion on the
challenge of contemporary design as in-fill in sensitive historic
settings. Design approaches were open to each entrant and could
include designs sympathetic to the context and setting without being
archaeologically correct or historically precise, and which is not
pastiche; and infill design that contrasts strongly with the
architectural language, setting and context of Henrietta Street.Before I knew which one was the winner, the brick one got my vote. I do think the ‘side’ is over-detailed, but I like the blind ‘front’. Also, as noted by the Assessors, the use of this building was thought about, unlike many of the others which proposed ‘museum’ or ‘gallery’ etc. (I’d read their comments, but didn’t know to which building they referred.)
This competition also highlights yet again how inappropriate and insensitive the corner building on Bolton Street is.
gunter- neatdesign’s blog seems to suggest that the exhibition is only on until Friday. I presume that means until close of business on Friday, unlike a certain other architectural exhibition discussed on here recently.
Graham- what do you mean about the parapet rebuilding? Not sure I follow you. Ta.
That was my wish for the Carlton site and Metro.
What better way to say ‘Welcome to Dublin’ than arriving up the escalator to see the GPO, Spire, O’Connell Street, etc.?
Of course, the same could be said for a Metro stop in the new College Green Plaza- imagine coming up where the underground jacks is into a traffic-minimised square… *sob*
Top Gear is the nadir of a moribund medium.
On the up side, though: 30,000 revheads in the RDS? Can you spell ‘legitimate target’, Mr Clarkson?
PS A piece of friendly advice- keep away from Ranelagh.
@gunter wrote:
Here’s another photograph of the east end of High Street in 1963 with, if I’m not mistaken, ctesiphon’s dad on his bike off to buy icecream for the chizzlers in the local shop.
Close! It’s actually Uncle George. Very similar looking, ’tis true, but my dad always rode a single speed, whereas George was a fan of the three-speed- ‘A power for the hills,’ he’d say.
PS Great photos. I’ve only ever seen the ‘After’ pics in The Destruction of Dublin, which give the feeling of expansive openness without the sense of the enclosure that was lost.
Reminds me of the Ivor Cutler poem (possibly not quoted accurately- I’m doing it from memory, but it’s close):
He laughed in a manner I can only describe by showing you a picture of my thumb before it was broken.
@cgcsb wrote:
Ikea also has to provide a bus service to Ballymun. So you think there should be no city center shopping centers? why? So Dublin should just be for work, no recreational facilities, that’s a very car dependant americanised point of view
How about making it a place to live in? And not just for transient 20- and 30-somethings.
Anyway, on topic (sort of)- it’s possible to make good covered city centre retail facilities: Cork’s English Market, Dublin’s Market Arcade on South Great George’s Street, etc. Any bigger and the problems of permeability come to the fore.
@GrahamH wrote:
The depth of buildings in front of Tailors Hall is really quite something.
I’m still having a hard time believing that it’s the same building. And not just the depth, but the height too.
It’d bring a tear to the eye, almost as much as ctesiphon’s heart-warming tribute. Although ‘Perhaps a few’ is ever so slightly the understatement of the century.
Wow. My intentions were far humbler, more prosaic, but I can completely understand you reading it that way now that you say it! In that case, change ‘Perhaps a few’ to ‘More than a few’ (it actually works better that way in both interpretations).
(Also, the last line scans better as ‘Victorious gunter’, but I’m not changing that until I get a virtual sherbet fountain for effort! :D)
Can we not have that debate, please? There are never any winners. In essence, each to their own. The end? 🙂
(I can link to many versions of it that exist on the internet already, if anyone’s interested. All you need and then some can be found at: http://www.cyclehelmets.org/)
@Devin wrote:
Yeah I notice this in Amsterdam too. All the hotties cycle.
Not just the hotties- it’s everyone.
From a cursory daily examination, I’d say the profile of cyclists in Dublin is widening daily, though the numbers here are still way below the Danes, Dutch, Germans, etc. In Copenhagen, for example, 35% of trips to work and school are by bike, and 28% of all trips. And take it from me, it’s a beautiful thing to see in action (and I’m not just referring to the ladies!). I spent a few days there earlier this year, and I found my habits changed when I returned- more laid back, less aggressive and antagonistic. Sadly, that didn’t last.
(I still don’t break the lights though, Devin! ;))
One correction I’d make to the article, though- “The Government promotes helmets for cyclists” is not entirely true. The RSA promotes them, but other organs of the state have the opposite view, one informed by the common sense approach evidenced in the article above. The problem really is that there is no consistent message from the Govt. on the matter, and the RSA is the only branch making noise about it, hence the article’s understandable conclusion.
Cork Street was on my mind.
So little of the day remains,
So much now left behind.Unreclaimable, misspent.
Regrets? Perhaps a few,
But that is how it went.And yet, we’re still in the dark.
Not waving but drowning,
But always seeking the Arch-.Once gamekeeper, now poacher,
Now hunted, once hunter,
O preserve my sanity!
YOU WIN! dear gunter.@gunter wrote:
If you guys don’t get your act together, I’m going to give this to GP.
Well either he (he?) got it or he didn’t!
If it’s not Francis Street or Meath Street, I give up.
EDIT: Are you saying Tailor’s Hall can be seen, hutton?
Cork Street was on my mind alright, especially as the photo date is pre-Inner Tangent, and I don’t think it’s been rubbished as an answer (yet).
But Ballyfermot and Inchicore routes wouldn’t have used Cork Street…
Well the 78 runs to Ballyfermot, as does the 79 (which was my guess at the number), but zooming in on a photo of that resolution just results in blurry pixels. We’d need a higher res scan to verify it. Also, there’s no 21 service (any more?).
78 & 79 today run Aston Quay via St John’s Road West and Kylemore Road church to Ballyfermot. Are we close?
And if we can’t have the side of the city or the postcode, can we have the direction of the photo? I keep thinking it’s facing east, but that’s a groundless presumption.
Presumably you’ve Google Image searched for Libeskind + Docklands? :rolleyes:
Second picture from those results:
Or you could, y’know, take a walk down there.
Just re-posting these on this page for convenience:
Any chance of a(n actual) clue? Which side of the city? Or even a postcode?
Which bit is the clue? The buses?
New guess (hey Graham- get your own! No cogging like last time ^^^. :D)- Werburgh Street?
I’m feeling D8, but maybe that’s just because I’m slowly discovering your stomping grounds by triangulation.
Does posting from bed at 2 am not count as ‘a genuine effort’? 🙁
Last night’s other guess: looking east along The Coombe. But the wholesale demolition might undermine that answer…
Also, given the total lack of extant fabric, is it even recognisable today? Is the lamp standard in situ (Graham)? Is the road layout the same? Is the billboard still there?
One more guess (nothing educated about this): Kevin Street?
