GrahamH
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What a shame – about the church and the park. That is nothing short of scandalous what happened to the interior and contents of St. Mary’s.
The park looks so pleasant in those pictures, in its own right and compared to what is there now. A feature could have been made of the tombstones – an attraction in themselves. And the trees look so much more architectural and attractive there than in their current environment. More openings in the railings would have worked wonders for the park combined with an overall renewal scheme, if only they were still there today. The green paint worked especially well 🙁
Quiet parkland badly needs to be reintroduced here – the current situation is cold, hard, open and uncomfortable, sited right next to a noisy road, and with people sitting in a line of cars at the lights gwaking at everyone on the benches trying to eat their lunch.
Those railings and rounded wall were really lovely, both aesthetically and in providing a buffer to the traffic and the ‘outside world’.
A green breathing space is needed more than ever now at the top of the hard grey Henry St.Where were the tombstones then, before the park was scrapped?
I believe he was director of it but lost in the bidding war with U2 to buy it out.
Think Wynns came up for sale at the same time so they snapped it up.True – older buildings not having the adequate ventilation that modern builds have, and even then they’re probably not ideal in all cases.
Some examples of PVCed buildings here, including a charming 1922 church, and a standard red brick terraced house.
Can PVC still not mould itself into rounded shapes, or is it just expensive so people don’t bother?
There’s a wider view of a couple of houses below – particularly like the first one 🙂 – how anyone could think that as being……..you’d wonder with some people….
Also another delightful Ionic-pillared shopfront in Dundalk, maybe 1830-40ish, very successfully reinvented into a fashionable eatery place of late. Used to be the Democrat newspaper offices. Great use of colour:
The train or the trip? 🙂
Here’s a (bad) view of its magnificent glazed canopy and the toytown chimneys :):
Also some detail of the polychromatic brickwork, including custom-made granite cills and delightful little cast iron ventilation grills along the skirting of the building; they could’ve used cheap bricks but they went way-out with these 🙂
The windows are also great – even if they are a pain to maintain:
That’s an excellent idea – I’m sure the CC will be delighted with the news 🙂
I don’t blame the CC for this ‘incident’ though – it’s tricky enough to police the area all of the time. Although yes, there seems to be a culture of complacency developing amongst some retailers that needs to be reigned in fast by the CC.
Anyway I’ve contacted them about the issue. I hope action is taken in whatever form, and that it will set a precendent for all owners/occupiers on the street. Simply reiterating to owners alone, the special status of the area would help a lot.
Here’s the sign on Kylemore – small, but cheap and nasty:
Saw the new ‘oriental plane trees’ (no less) on the Lower section recently – as Stephen C said they look very well and immediately soften and enliven the area.
And just on the flags – M&S on Grafton St lowered them last night/this morning 🙂
Really? How many do you know shadow?
I was sitting there only yesterday – it’s terribly open and windswept. ‘The Beach’ is the perfect nickname 🙂
Ever note how everyone always gravitates towards the seating under the tree on the right? Planners take note.
Attack!
Ever noticed the shop on Nth Earl St that has an almost identical shopfront to Joe Walsh – rounded marble corners etc…
Yes that whole building needs an overhaul – interestingly just on its windows (again), in a pic I’ve seen, the upper sashes of the first floor were Georgian as late as 1922, while the lower ones were Victorian sheet glass…I was thinking about the Upper trees today too – they did look magnificent in the low sun this morning…
Whatever about their removal revealing so much of the street’s architecture and opening the place up, you can’t help but admire the maturity they offer to the streetscape, and the homely feeling they genrate in contrast with the currently skittery windswept, and in places incoherent state of affairs on Lwr O’Cll St…..Some images below of the half-masted flags around the area from over this week. Impressively the CC have erected large Tricolours and Papal flags on the four corners of O’Connell Bridge which look very dignified.
Every institution and retailer in the city has lowered their flags as far as I can make out, even BT’s – with the single noted exception of Marks and Spencer, which are billowing merrily away at full mast – if that says anything…
Also a delightful new addition to the ever-changing billboard ‘scene’ on the corner:
Maintenance-wise they are excellent, both for everyday services as well as on structural & decorative issues.
So much so, it seems all brassware in the station must be cleaned every morning before 8 o’clock, such is the dedication apparent.
Also the white painted parts of the columns are regularly painted – keeping the whole scheme fresh without having to do all the green which is clever – you can even see the glow of it in the pic below.That dodgy Commuter paintwork mentioned before was a low point alright but it has since been painted over – still incorrectly though: this time in DART green :rolleyes:.Third time lucky perhaps…
A lovely lovely station though – classic model railway architecture :):
That pink of their facade is sickly too isn’t it? And delightful windows up there as well :rolleyes:
Saying that, the little circular windows on the first floor retain their original steel frames, and one of them has the original glass in it that can be seen shimmering from inside if ever you go upstairs (just for the views of the street of course – not for any baguette-related purposes)Ann Summers’ application is primarily one for structural works. including reflashing, repointing, reroofing etc.
However they do intend to redecorate the existing timber shopfront, and interestingly they wish (are being forced :)) to restore the steel windows of the upper floors, but they note that some are ‘beyond repair’ and are to be replaced with replicas.
They own 2 properties here, so presumably the other half’s wooden sashes are to be restored too.‘The Wood Shop’ – you gotta love it 🙂
Lovely facade – a design classic to be seen all over the country.That’s certainly strange about the original sashes on T Bradley – perhaps the first floor was used as storage while the top foor was the living accommodation? You see it all over Dublin where new plates were put in from 1900+ in the attic storeys of Georgians, as many were presumably converted into an apartments or small offices to bring in some extra cash.
That’s a shame about the pub – those windows are even worse than PVC (never thought I’d say that :)).
I wouldn’t approve of PVC used inside windows either – just think it is a disgusting material full stop in the from currently manufactured. Trinity uses it for many of the windows on the West Front, presumably elsewhere too.
Likewise the College of Surgeons has them fitted inside and they look awful – God only know what they look like from inside and how they relate to shutters and architraving etc…Some pics of the new Boardwalk, including the lovely new seating & bins – captured while still clean & unweathered.
Also the quay wall which hasn’t been cleaned – it’s got a sooty finish to it that looks well against the new timber.This Boardwalk has a more solid feel than the others – doesn’t seem to shudder as much :). Also the overhanging trees create a pleasant backdrop:
Here’s a picture of the new scaffolding still going up.
You can appreciate the profile of the spire much better this time round which is great 🙂A really lovely building – the arched windows being of particular interest.
They give it an air of classical grace not seen in many other buildings in the area.
http://www.fantasyjackpalance.comReally like the plain granite facades too – especially when contrasted with the detailed pilasters.
Perhaps the stone’s use was a little less successful in places on Upper O’Cll St…As everyone always says about it, it’s a real city centre hotel. I’m very distantly related to the owners, but know they really love the place and have recently invested a lot into it.
Haven’t been in there in a few years though.Those ghastly lighting strips – not sure if I get unduly hot-headed about these things, but this case is particularly bad.
Don’t know how they got permission for it – it blatently affects the architecture:
Sure leave em up – why not! Save the cost of restoration 🙂
Interesting to read about the ACA there…
See the thread has hit the 100,000 hit mark. I’m scared 😮
It’s due to Google though, as over the past week for some reason the thread featured in the first Google page of ‘O’Connell Street’ – hence it was getting 1000 hits a day last week.
It’s moved down the list since though…Dundalk’s new one will be better though – we’ve more parking spaces than you 🙂
Yeah okay the college, and the bypass – but the council offices :rolleyes: – you can have em…
Ah my favourite Victorian in the city is that red bank. Really magnificent and I believe it’s got wonderful curved glass in some of the turret windows – it was finished in around 1895.
Recently restored it is now a swanky bar and restaurant.
Unfortunately its facade has been marred with a nasty silver strip of novelty lighting tacked up onto the frieze which looks awful.
What makes it even worse is the poor light emitted from it – pointless!Often drooled over that apartment up there – imagine the views down Westmroeland St & over Trinity 😮 – not to mention the value of the place…
The design of the gold building really stems from Newenham who was something of a devout gothicist, but the other certainly has European influences alright – mixture of classical and Sylvanian Families 🙂
What does it involve – the digging up of remains or the placement of the caskets closer to the surface?
Either way it’s a horrible practice. If our methods for burial into the future and the law need to be changed on account of the unsustainable practices currently used, then so be it, but do not interfere with what’s already taken place.
