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Hmmm its very quiet here..
I really hope the Clontarf street project gets the go ahead. Like i said before I think the 9 storey height in this case is suited given the site. Think a decision is set for the end of this month. Also when is there going to be movement on Albert quay? Theres 2 sites there set for offices I think and it will really round off the quays in this area well. Referring back to a few posts by lex i think Ascon and Howards are involved there and construction on Eglington street is beginning at the end of Feb. Looking forward to it. Think Careys are next in line?? Great site but how will the deal with the Sextant pub there on the corner? Is it protected?

@Maskhadov wrote:

in fairness some of the pictures on http://www.corksouthwest.com/visuals.htm are shocking :O

In what way? You should probably know some of those are false or manipulated like the one of the proposed Jurys hotel is false and others are outdated.

Saw the Rothbury thing. Don’t get in a panic its nothing amazing…still dont understand why they put the tower where they did.

I was trying to add it up in my head how many genuine tall building (i mean 12 storeys and up) proposals Cork has got so far. Correct me if I’m wrong.

Eglinton street which is 17 storeys and 70 metres.

Water street which is 17 and 58 metres (is that right or was it changed again??)

Crows nest which is 15 and 50 metres i think was said

Sunbeam which is 18 and 63 metres

Metropole which is 12 and I don’t know how many metres.

Think lex said before that there could be another high rise out along the Straight road the other side of County hall but it wasnt known yet.

Though I don’t think there should be high rise everywhere there def should be some more of a higher density along the south docklands at least. There should be at least one or 2 defining structures (ya know like 20 storeys or something) which DO act as proper landmarks and are not just tall for the sake of tall. As for Cork’s track record so far i think Eglinton street and Water street stand out as the best, the other designs have little to no flair about them at all and seem to me more like flashier Ballymuns. I think the high rise, in Cork, should not be balcony ridden tower blocks, they should be smooth tall and narrow structures which maybe internalise their balconies like Eglinton street. Balconies sort of make high rises look like holiday apartment blocks and i havent seen many blocks like that which i’m fond of!!

Any pre-Christmas surprises?? I thought OCP were suppose to be lodging Academy street at the start of this month. Planning office is closing today isnt it? Or is it tomorrow? Is it worth keeping our hopes up??

Yowzer! 😀 18 storeys eh…sounds like pretty big times still ahead for Blackpool. Great to see so much confidence being put in the area…maybe Joe gavin is right Blackpool could well be one of the best residential addresses in Cork come a few years, its amazing to see how development can progress and area. No poor effort either by the council in promoting it. now if we could just do the same for the docklands!!

I dont like the Crows nest proposal in Victoria cross. It seems to bulky and ugly and unless something SERIOUS is done to change the design i don’t think it should be allowed a 15 storeys. Maybe 9 which would make it a nice counterbalance to Victoria mills the otherside of the junction and bring some sense of a pattern to building height here. A taller building could well be accomodated on the Coca cola site but the design will have to be something really really special and act as a proper landmark not another balcony ridden standard. Something special here please that acts as a proper landmark to the city from the west and respects County hall. The good thing about the Coca cola site is its L shape which could allow for a higher element to rise west to east on the south of the site and peak in the southeast corner before sloping down to the north allowing maintained views of County hall. And when i say slope I mean curves not edges!! :p

Any pics of the Sunbeam thing lex?

Is it just me or is there a sort of development proposal lull at the moment?? think it was the same last year too and then leading up to Chirstmas there was a flood of applications. Anyone the wiser???? anything worth getting excited about?

I saw that Frinailla invited Kathleen lynch to have some input into their discussions on material finishes to Ladywell despite her having objected. Interesting move i’d say.

With all these serial objectors and talk of them lately wasnt there suppose to be legislation put forward to limit serial objectors?? What happened to that??

@Frank Taylor wrote:

It’s surprising and gladdening that O’Callaghan cares to answer this criticism. I presumed his sole interest was profit. Then again maybe he just doesn’t like criticism of any kind.

Has Liam Carroll ever bothered to answer criticism of Zoe developments pokey flat blocks?

I do think its very interesting and it has revealed a lot more to me about O’Callaghan properties and i have to say like dallas and lex, I too am impressed.

@Saucy Jack wrote:

You can travel within a few blocks of most destinations in Berlin as a high density city even out to the suburbs.We now are going to have a 3-storey low density city in Cork apart from 2 or 3 areas.
Our elected TD’s,councillors and planners have a lot to answer for.

Do you think the councillors realise what theyre doing is wrong and just thinking about the next vote? Or are they so filled up with their own sense of self-righteousness that they cant see they are making a critical mistake??

By the way how does the Transport plan affect Horgans quays redevelopment? Or does it at all?? Is funding now in place to redevelop the station as Mr Cullen promised back in June? He said an application along with the Manor park homes plan would now proceed back then??