J. Seerski
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Couldn’t agree more – they are all becoming submerged in a sea of PVC, ridiculous stone walls, fake wells, super valu adverts that make you wanna puke….
Go to Mainland Europe – see a clean, inviting and quality street market. Not the crap that you find on Moore Street.
I have come to the conclusion no one knows what the hell they are up to in government – especially when one state body is taking legal action against another.
Yes Ireland has gone mental.
Raise the whole ILAC complex while you are at it. Moore Street is not a market in the normal sense – its filthy and shabby, a monument to urban ignorance.
People!!!! Look to the National Gallery Extension in London for inspiration – modern architecture that plays with the historic context. Fits in to the entirity, but is unashamedly modern.
Indeed – the arguments against replica infill in this case are quite weak. In the strictest sense, modern architecture could fit in well if it is done so with that idea in mind. Usually attempts at infill on O’Connell Street have been disasterous -even the most recent Schuh is not a good example. The exterior of Arnotts on Liffey St. is an example where modern may fit in…. Most certainly not PENNEYS on O’Connell St. :rolleyes:
Can someone please explain to me why Stephen’s green has been surrounded with granite paving (when gravel was adequate – and the need was not urgent) and that after 6 years since the plan O’Connell Street is still not paved in granite? The new crap around the Spire is all concrete – so if there is granite laid, it will mean more waste – why wasn’t the granite laid in the first place….
O’Connell Street is in dire need of rejuvination. Yet other parts of the city (Stephen’s green, Sth William St. etc.) get new granite paving first! Southside bias, me thinks……
Hypocrites! I knew the high almighty Green Party would be found out eventually!
I think PVC should be banned. No further questions.
Sorry, but ramps are notoriously expensive. A ramp cost €500Bn to remove from the front of the Gare du Nord in Paris. A ramp was removed for an estimated €7,000Bn from the front of a house in Ballybrack in 1987….
Not quite. I am mesmerised as to how people make these estimates… Rip off Ireland continues…..
Put it simply…
ALL PVC CRAP SHOULD BE ERADICATED. THE GLAZING INDUSTRY IN THIS COUNTRY NEEDS “REGIME CHANGE”!
I propose a penalty points system for those who destroy timber and Cast-Iron windows with PVC slop:
10 percent Higher Taxes for those who replace their windows with PVC.
20 percent Higher taxes for those who replace their windows with PVC replete with rosette designed “stained glass”.
30 percent Higher Taxes for those who replace their windows with fake timber PVC stuff.
All will be implimented within ten days.
I fear 90% of the population will be paying higher taxes if this came in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:) 🙂 🙂 😉 :rolleyes:
The glass panels on the side of the footpaths will meet a smashing fate, I suspect…
I think the bridge looks “stupid”. An awkward addition to an historic location. Can’t see it lasting….
Call me mental, but why the hell waste money on PVC? Temporary or not, that is irrelevant. It only takes a day to repair a sash window!
The Transport Minister, Brennan, seems to be determined to get things rolling. But in what direction?
He is nearing retirement age, so he should be thinking as to what his lasting legacy shall be: Another missed opportunity? Or will he be more ambitious and risk upsetting some of the inert and blind members of govt. and proceed with a revival of our once great rail network?
Yes, as unbelievable as it may sound, Ireland had a rail system the envy of the Western World…. It was possible to travel to the remotest parts of Ireland by train, and you could do so from Cork to Donegal, Dungarvan to Westport, with no stop in Dublin. It all went pearshaped in the 1930s…
It was only as recent as 1986 that the Athlone-Mullingar line was closed, with stations included.
I ask myself when I hear of all those who say “we can’t afford it” mantra – how on earth did we afford the DART in the 1980s, when, apparrently we couldn’t afford to pay for street lighting???? The mind can only take so much!!!!
It has to be said – this is an architectural and conservation outrage.
PVC is ugly, has a short life, irrepairable and has no place in old buildings – maybe they can be just about be tolerated in post 80s suburbia, but cannot be used in buildings such as Hillsborough or Leinster House. These are buildings of significant historical and architectural interest.
I wonder does the Irish Times know about this – they normally kick up a fuss. FMcD would not be impressed surely?!
When looking for the window in question at Leinster House, don’t be fooled by the “sash” – it is still a PVC mock – up, with the glazing bars within double glazing.
A sad day for the Office of Public Works and An Duchas. Are they asleep????
