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I agree Diaspora. Why is it so many people – not just burgeye – since the start of this thread have wheeled out that tired old line; “the food is crap” “the coffee is crap”? That is not the point. Something can be done about all that under different management. It’s Bewley’s itself that needs to be saved, the Bewley’s ‘ethic’, that ‘certain something’.
It’s probably been said before but other European cities have managed to keep these cafes open – why can’t we?
@Sue wrote:
who’s Paul Quilligan?
Quilligan Architects. Their office is in a 3 storey Georgian building with some nice plasterwork, on Camden Street beside the Concern building.
Here’s an outline view of the original proposal, seen from Stephen’s Gn. North. It was monstrously out of scale with the Gaiety Theatre.
There was no plaaning legislation as we know it back then, and no An Taisces – no need I suppose.
Generally everything built was nice & good quality, if boring sometimes
…then the odd freak like the Bread CompanyThe Bread company took two out actually. But it’s a good question; was there anybody to protest when those two were demolished & the Bread Co. began to go up? Was there anybody to say ‘this is an intact block of symmetrical, classically-proportioned street-architecture of 100 hundred years & deserves protection from demolitions & inappropriate new buildings’?
It’s interesting in the 1890s photo the way you can see that, after about 100 years, the whole WSC’s block between Eden Quay and Lr. Abbey St. had had no alterations or demolitions, only minor decorations added.
Then came the Bread Company…….Yes the piece by John S Doyle in the Indo was very nice 🙂
Think the Lord Mayor’s too busy with the Save Bewley’s campaign (bah!).
Lotts, it should be in Press Releases in the website now (it may have been missing over the weekend).
Yes Graham, a narrower view, but taken from roughly the same spot. The trees are also excluded as examples of ‘clutter’.
Ye can have a copy of the report by calling in to The Tailors’ Hall, which is opposite Mother Redcap’s pub in Christchurch, and picking one up – there’s no charge. Or if you’re not convenient to the city centre, phone or email – info@antaisce.org – and request one to be sent to you (save postage by calling in!).
It got a piece in the Irish Times property supplement on Thursday. Their picture editor had requested two pictures from us – a ‘before and after’ of College Green without & with clutter – to go with the piece, which I sent. But they only used the ‘after’ pic in the end. Here’s the ‘before’ (late 19th century view):
The first-floor tripartite window to mark the ends of those 5-storey Lr. O’C. St. WSC’s blocks was a nice touch – very subtle, very less-is-more.
I presume the architraves were in granite, like the ones on the first floors of most of the surviving D’Olier/Westm. originals. I wonder if the granite architrave – or some of it – survives underneath the cement rendering on that window at the Bachelor’s Wlk/O’C St. cnr? (probably not)
I know it is. But it’s only about 5 years since the first good high rise proposals for Dublin began to appear – the Duloe-Ewart tower or the newer plan for George’s Quay (which would have been great a little bit futher out).
It’s probably just as well little or no high rise planned & designed more than 5 years ago was actually built if the George’s Quay yokes are anything to go by.
So sad about the portico. Was much of the coloured glass smashed?
Ironically the theatre got planning permission last year for various work including the refurbishment of the portico & widening of the pavement there by a metre (Ref. 5880/03). Portico damage probably wouldn’t have happened had that been done by now cos the truck backing out of the lane would have backed a bit further in a straight line to reach the road & so would’ve missed it. But as fin used to say it’s academic now cos it’s already happened.
It should be refurbished according to the principles of best conservation practice – with the emphasis on retaining maximum original fabric & minimum replacementof original material. Far as I know the DCC Conservation Oficer was down after it hapopened.@jimg wrote:
and the likes of Frank McDonald and other supposedly enlightened commentators have attacked every attempt to build high rise in the area.
Actually you’re totally wrong there about Frank McD because he has persistently criticised the low-rise nature of the IFSC extension, Citibank, etc. & pointed out the broader expanse of the river there could have taken much higher buildings. He also names the DDDA oficial (who has now moved on) responsible for laying down and enforcing the strict height guidelines.
Have you seen the plans for the Spencer Dock site, the last big site you refer to? Its appropriatness of scale & urban qualities are a big improvement on the hitherto north docklands development.
…It may have been a ploy to get the ear of the city officials & business interests who think their town is the most wonderful & sustainable place this side of Helsinki, for what’s coming in his new book about the ruination of Ireland – out in the new year I think.
@Diaspora wrote:
I feel that many arguing for this route are doing so purely on aestetic grounds as they wish to see Luas turning the arc around the front of Trinity
I don’t think you’re right there. It’s logical that light rail should go through the most central part of a city because that’s where all the action is.
