DaveR
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Okay, I see how your so called discussion board works now, moderator. Remove the posts that don’t suit, like my reply of last evening. Fair enough. I’m off.
But before I go, Mr Clerkin, your “professional Dub” jibe was cheap. Actually, I don’t care whether you’re from Dublin or not. I was merely trying to explain why a lot of Dublin people like the trees on O’Connell Street, ie we grew up with them – a “strong sense of place” is what I think its called.
Anyway, enjoy each other – though blocking counterposts does kind of limit the authority of your site. Don’t you think?
Bye
Great. A pompous architects board.
Fact: most people are prepared to allow the City Council proceed with their plans and redevelopments until it involves taking something they hold dear away from them. As is happening here.
Support for the removal of the trees has been thin on the ground. Why? Because as Dubliners, we grew up with them – pretty much everyone under 40 has grown up with the Planes on O’Connell Street, and most people – up-their-own-arses architects apart – like them well enough. And that sterile shite we are being offered instead is a poor substitute.
So – how about HANDS OFF? With few exceptions, Dublin’s experience of our own homegrown brand of architect in the past hasn’t exactly inspired confidence.
And I love how dismissive some of your posters are of the public’s opinion. Do you have to pass exams in boorishness and pomposity to qualify as an architect?
