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The back view of the Convention Centre looks a bit kinda Art Nouveau-esqe/ Art Deco-esque…particularly hat middle bit with the curvy glass atrium-like feature. There is no need for all those trees planted at the front of it either. Kinda hides the lower view, the ‘National Convention Centre’ name and the street access part.
Are they actually building this at the mo or are they still talking about it? I haven’t been down the docks in ages. The last time I took a ramble I nearly cried at the newly built uniform stumpy dross.
Great film..It’s like as if it was eaten away by insects.
However pity about the demolishion job done on O’Driscoll. French cynicism I detect in light of the World Cup.
Anyone see the ever derepit run down state of Thomas Street and James Street, Dublin. I’ve mentioned this here time and time again over the years and there is still no improvement with these potentially fine streets.. What a great historical area, with such fine landmarks as St Augustine and St John’s Church, St Catherine’s Church (where they hung Robert Emmet), the great Guinness brewery, the NCAD, St James Hospital etc….This vein also attarcts thousands of visiters each year as the tourists make their trek to Guinness’s.
Over the years shops that were icons to the area have closed, ie Fitzgeralds jeans shop (where Christy Moore bought an odd pair of dungarees ) and the latest victim to suffer Frawleys. Gilnas, the opticians, are the only shop on this block now. What is going on here? There is nothing but closed shops. Is there a protection racket in the area, I wonder? The shops that remain are kinda huckstery and tawdry. Come on Dublin City Council, make an effort and give this area of the city the attention it deserves. There have been great improvements with North King Street with the HARP project over the years, why not do the same here. It is disgracful really to see the condition of this prime inner capital city area in such a run down state especially in Celtic Tiger Ireland. You can se the look of bewilderment too on the tourist faces.Saw the bridge all covered up this morning…..Pity it’s gonna be painted the same drab gun metal grey.
Well done to the DDDA again, their choice is awalys spot for always opting for the insignificant dud. Bless them for they have to be the most boring people to be around. Grey suits, cups of tea and early nights! Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
What a magnificent pile of shite they have assembled in the Dublin Docks, and as the years go by it doesn’t get any better. Billions of euros worth, that looks fuck all. My foreign relatives and friends laugh at the assemblage of lego blocks for they can’t understand why it is all soooooooooo conservative. Poor fool who believes in the shite and buys an appartment here. Who wants to live in squat block land and pay half a million for an appartment cell?I think the cafe idea is good if it were at the back in a glassed courtyard et all etc……but the main part of the building at the front should be left untouched. Any meddling would lead to its demise. A museum is the only option if the function of the building is to change. There are enough fast food joints and cheap huckstery shops on the street as we know. It’s a wonder that Carrol’s the tourist shops don’t sell minature replica’s of the GPO.
Very very true. The image sums it all up. This could well turn out to be a tacky and cheap disaster.
Could hardly be a focal point for 1916 commerations if that’s is gonna be the case!
What is it with the bins on O’Connell Street too. The polished steel bins which were initially installed as part of the make over have been removed and replaced with dull matt grey bins. Kinda don’t look as good . However these newer bins have replaced the awful black Victoriana pastiche bins on Henry Street. More in keeping with the contemporary feel of the street.
If Harry Crosbie has bought the new Liebeskind venue I suppose this will be completed before the Point redevelopment starts, else there’ll be no place in the docks for concerts, etc…
Does that mean that the gaping hole will remain? That gaping hole that breaks the unifromity of that side of the street and that has been there for nearly 30 years. FFS…. It’s kinda like the way the Corpo used to turn derelict sites about the city into parks years ago!
Saw this morning that they were repaving the holes where the trees once stood prior to the cleaning of the Spire operation. So the trees will not be replaced leaving a long bare and unbalanced stretch of the median. This is really bad stuff and it looks really shite too. The whole upgrade job of O’Connell Street has been somewhat destroyed. I didn’t see the crane when it was installed for the cleaning job but why not place it on the fecking road beside the Spire instead of the median next time, and put the trees back. Already, O’Connell Street has been subjected to the meddlers and botchers in DublinCity Council, another way of saying VANDALS.
I saw the Spire this morning after the clean up. It glistened in the sun and looked good overall, but on close inspection some staining is still disappointingly visible as well as the joints. Also there is a marked difference in tone between the patterned base of the Spire and the rest. A good going over with Duraglit or Brasso would have brought the sheen of the Spire up better.
I saw that some of the new trees were removed for the positionng of the crane. It said on the news that this cleaning will happen every 18 months, which is good as it ‘ll badly need it but will the trees have to be removed on each occasion?I thought the very same when I heard Bertie refer to where Sheridan was born.
If those who were listening to Bertie’s speech in the magnificant OTT chamber could only see the appalling state of Sheridan’s former home and locality today. It’s an embarassment the condition of this area of the city.
Thats good news. Will they ever just get on with building the thing. However, I wouldn’t say the Bertie Bowl was totally dead. There is some sort of a sports campus scheme planned for the Abbotstown site, and a stadium is part of the proposal, but a scaled down version. The FAI plan to move it’s HQ out here. With the Olympics planned for London in 2012, we expect to cash in on it, ie training facilities etc… An opportunity not to be missed.
( I bet too that the Abbotstown stadium will be of an adequate size, once the new Lansdowne Road stadium is up and running.)
