GrahamH
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Looks fantastic, on the news last night (on what was the worst report of all time) they said the roofs are angles to reduce the exposure to the elements to a substantial degree.
I can see Croke Pk being opened at the next AGM.Or the way he talks to the husbands about the structural work, the insulation value of fibreglass over sheep’s wool, the floor joists, and the underfloor heating, then turns to the wife “Now Mary you’re in charge of the cushions, are you going to edge them with pink or white piping? “Oh they’re going to match the tie-backs, that’s very creative”
Ah no, Duncan’s great. Glad to see he’s made such a speedy recovery.
It’s so rare now to find someone with such strong convictions, and knows what they’re talking about on so many issues.
He impressed me from his very first programme about 7 years ago – when it used to be called Our House.What?! I’ve no conception as to what you’re talking about….
Although – I do recall mentioning an individual availing of Talbot St railway bridge as a urinal in broad daylight – but that’s it!
But really, the stories I could tell; I walk through different parts of the city centre twice a day, to and from various stations, and the things I’ve seen…
I could write a book on it.
If you want to see some real action though, Centra on Talbot St is the place to be – an absolute madhouse, there’s always ructions going on in there.
The abuse the staff in there have to suffer, a lot of it racial, is appalling.The last Georgian house on the street is to be finally restored.
A planning application in the window of the doorcase of the house, erected about 10 weeks ago, indiates the owners of the Royal Dublin Hotel wish to change it’s use for offices.
Changes include the strengthening of the floors and the removal of a concrete stairs to the basement with a wooden version to ‘historic detail’.
The sashes to the rear are also to be restored to ‘historic detail’ as are other features.
Interestingly they also intend to remove 20th century additions to the rear and replace them with an original garden – whether this will also be ‘to historic detail’ is unclear.
A 19th century mews building called Moore Hall is to be restored and significantly extended by building on top of it – again for office use.
There is no mention of plans to restore the damaged doorcase or public access issues.
Perhaps these are included in the overall plans.
I think the IAP stipulates that tax incentives designated to this property will only be offered if public access is granted.
Is the reception room on the ground floor currently being used by the hotel as a public space? I’ve never gone inside to find out…When the Govt ditched the plans for A/C link they did so in the hope that when the current lines opened, there would be immediate calls for the link as a result of the success of Luas.
Metro has thrown this out the window – I agree it should go underground from Ranelagh – even if it means digging up part of O’ Connell St for a station.I was looking at some pics of O’ Cll St & Bridge from around 1980 – it’s quite extraordinary how much cleaner the buildings were then compared with now, it’s most noticable on the 1920s terrace from Eden Quay to Abbey St, including the Irish Permenent corner bldg.
All of the stonework has accumulated so much dirt in the intervening 25 years or so.
Even the GPO which was cleaned in 1984 is manky – compare it with the Custom House cleaned 4 years later – although I appreciate it is built of whiter Portland stone.
Also the balustrading on the bridge is bone white in colour and sparkling clean – such a contrast with today, I don’t think it’s been touched since.
The removal of the HGVs from the quays should help a lot on reducing the dirt and dust in the air, when walking along the quays for a few minutes you can feel and taste the dirt in your mouth – don’t know if anyone else has noticed this!
Alos the elimination of smoky coal a couple of years back should also help cleaniness into the future in a big waySorry Devin – I should learn to read properly.
JJ there was a massive amount of limestone facing the Amiens St side of the ramp, mighty ‘ they don’t make them like that anymore’ blocks of the stuff – surely all of this has been salvaged.
Do you know where it is now?
The stone going up now is very nice.I was in the station today – you can get a good view of the works now through the doors. There’s a big platform outside the doors, it feels like the deck on the back of a ship, and overlooks the whole area (where the original pic was taken from)
As you mentioned the lift shaft links up to it, as does a substantial stairway, and double escalators.I was thinking there as to why the option of removing the central median and placing the roadway down the centre of the street wasn’t considered – then I remembered – the minor issues of O’ Connell Monument, Parnell, Gladstone, Larkin – even Jesus himself!
The bridge must be integrated into the street – interestingly it’s not exactly alligned with the street at all which is the impression given; to account for the bend in the river it had to be orientated slightly to a NE/SW angle.
Westmoreland St is very fine and a regemented paving & tree plan should be even more effective than O’ Cll St as there are less junctions and overall less distractions from its unity.
Nice dream for the Grand Canal muppet – don’t forget the Liffey too!There’s another piece of info that says during the Rising, Dublin Castle was protected by armed guards atop the Express Offices overlooking the Castle St entrance and the approaches from Dame St.
Diaspora is right – it’s so easy to check in the Ntl Library via Thoms, assuming the city centre is convenient.Ah no wait – I see it now – I always thought it was only temporary hoarding!
God it’s repulsive, it’s going to be rendered etc of course but still, it’s a great pity how it breaks up the area as everyone says.Looking at that picture – the Connolly building on the right is really horribly dated now, not that it was ever good architecture.
To give the RPA/CC some credit Devin – I’m sure the pavements on College Green would have been reinstated, hopefully even they are not that ignorant of their value.
I know in the 1910s they were based near the Olympia, either on Dame St or close by – I think it was Dame St though.
Isn’t 1898 the year Marconi sent his first message to the newspaper – I think the first ever ‘live’ coverage of an event?
Well this is exactly what is being relied upon for O ‘Cll St, the domino effect.
Hopefully it will happen, even one cafe on the st would help! There’s nothing like on-street seating and awnings to make a place look great.
I walked down the st this afternoon, you can really appreciate how wide the pavements are going to be – its so exciting! The place will be unrecognisable, esp the western side which is so congested, there’s going to be so much space outside Easons etc.
The curving kerbstones wrapping around the entrance of Sackville Place look fantastic, an indicator of the quality to come.And most importantly the GPO will finally be acknowledged properly, with paving extending out beyond the portico, it’s columns have been crudely curtailed by the road directly infront.
Admittedly since it was built, this has been the case, but wasn’t as noticable as it is now.
And the column’s bases were finally cleaned over Christmas after years of neglect and look really really good. They’re so important, as not only are they part of the only classical building in the city that so many people come in contact with, but you can also literally feel the history of them walking past – I know that’s so sad – but when you think that Georgians were brushing past the very same columns nearly 200 years ago, it’s just a bit spine-tingling!That’s great JJ – no one but the contractors can see what’s going on!
I really like that building on the extreme left of the pic, it can be appreciated much more now without the ramp.
And the IFSC looks great as well.
And Busaras, and the ‘Towers of Darkness’, and Stephenson’s block!
And even that little early Victorian terrace in the distance – it puts everything in context.The metro would go much deeper than any Viking ‘layers’ wouldn’t it?
The inital bore holes may reveal some finds, but otherwise I think we’d be going to deep for any problems – of the historic variety that is.Perhaps the cobble-lock is considered more sympathetic to the environs of the station.
I don’t like the purple printed concrete on Abbey St – it stands out like a sore thumb.
Perhaps it will look better when the rest of the roadway is resurfaced, assuming it’s going to be.The area around Connolly looks fantastic, it’s weird really – having such a large wide plaza area surrounded by decent modern buildings in Dublin.
The ramp lost it’s purpose with the dissapperace of horses & carriages, in hindsight it should have been demolished years ago, pity the contractors didn’t accidently knock the new terminal as well…I think it would be a great idea as well – I’d most certainly have done it – there are so many things to be done around the city, furniture/hardware to be painted, canal banks etc to be cleared.
The Dep of Education employ local teenagers to help on school extension jobs over the summer – you can easily earn €700 and more over 8-12 weeks.This could be extended in cities and towns by local authorities, and on O ‘Connell St; there’s gonna be a hell of a lot of paving needing powerwashing a few times a year, esp after the leaves fall on the trees.
It’s giving labour to people who are looking for short-term, comparitively low-paid work. Competent teenagers fit the bill well.
