JoePublic
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Hurrah, the spike is getting another clean along with repairing the lights this weekend!
Hopefully they’ll do a better job with the cleaning than last time, please no brown manky run off this time.
And come on DCC, do us proud, have the footpath repaired within a week.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0718/breaking71.htm
@johnglas wrote:
The images of the exterior still make it look like an ugly brute; no wonder the residents were upset. Even the aerial progress shots demonstrate just how cramped the site is.
Jeesh, give it a chance, they’re only building it for god’s sake, steel and concrete.
Perhaps instead of demolishing those 5 or 6 buildings on Henry street, they could replace the lower floor of one of them with an arch into the new street. Or is that a stoopid idea 🙂
@GrahamH wrote:
An absolutely outrageous proposal should this prove be the case.
It is a fine commercial terrace, we’ve already irreparably lost stock here, and have more than our fill of sticky-backed ‘grand entrances’ with the Ilac & Dunnes thanks very much.
The planning application makes reference to No. 37-41a Henry street which are to be demolished (inferred by lack of it saying anything else about them, and saying that everything not otherwise mentioned is to be demolished).
It also says one of the three public squares is on Henry street. So which of these buildings are included in 37-41a to make way for this public square? Why can’t they just use Henry place as their link to Henry street, it’s a tiny distance from O’Connell street to Moore street anyway, another break in this terrace is not needed.
@notjim wrote:
I think, someone might correct me, 44 is the building I think of as the Garda Station, the one with Garda written on it, 43 is anonymous and could well be more Garda Station, both these are facade retentions. 42 is the Georgian which is part of the Royal Dublin. The Carlton Facade will be next to 44 and the Fingal Building, the Dublin Bus building and Dr Quirkeys are going.
It must be no. 45 then which is the 1920’s granite building grahamh referred to which is proposed to be demolished (for no good reason). I don’t know if it’s garda station or not, but it’s there now, and it’s not in the renders!
@notjim wrote:
This is partly online now: it is application 2479/08, just the text, the documents aren’t scanned yet: 44 and 43, The Garda Station and next door, are facade retentions, 42 retained in its entirity.
Just to be clear on this, part of the garda station is in fact getting the chop right? It is spread over two buildings only one of which is being retained? Also Dr. Quirkey’s is getting to chop, and it seems practically an entire block on Henry street.
A completely unnecessary amount of destruction.
@Paul Clerkin wrote:
Other buildings on O’Connell Street seem to be gone – where is the Dublin Bus buildiing? Pulled down?
This development is simply ridiculous – a poorly thought out populist attempt to get past the city and bord pleanala. This proposal should be given the respect it deserves and kicked to the curb immediately.The Irish Independent mentioned something about the Dublin bus building getting the chop (woo!).
Just an observation – only the most mediocre proposals get a pass on this board.
So which buildings on O’Connell street are getting the chop if this goes ahead?
Also where on Henry street is the ski slope peeping over? Are they talking about knocking more of the Henry street red brick terrace for a new street?
http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0421/carlton_av.html?2364726,null,230
Sorry about the chocolate man.
@ctesiphon wrote:
I agree that the finished bits look cheap, but is the top floor really finished? Isn’t there a chance there’s still some cladding to add?
I hope you’re right, though looking closely at it the top floor windows are wider than those below, and the black plastic or whatever in between is narrower than the white slabs below: It doesn’t seem that more white slabs will fit. Also the back slabs have a ‘finished’ look about them.
Hopefully this is not the case though, but I ain’t feeling optimistic.
The early drawing from earlier in this thread, for comparison purposes.
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God what a disappointment, The developers are such cheap skate w*nkers
So the grand canal square hotel facade work is nearing completion. I can’t quite square the renders with what we’ve gotten so far.
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The ground floor looks cool
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But does anyone know what the final plans are for the top storey? Actually it looks to me like we’re already seeing it in its ‘finished’ state :confused:
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Has the building been fatally compromised to make it comply with the grand canal docks master plan with regards to maximum storeys and setbacks or something? Hopefully I’m just jumping to false conclusions here.
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A bit disappointing – was looking forward to seeing this area regenerated. Pity the board couldn’t have knocked a couple of floors off the tower, reduced the car spaces and went with the rest.
What did the board make of the plans to knock and rebuild half of the original Arnott’s facade?
I guess given the board’s obvious conservatism it’s clear what the decision will be on Dunne’s Ballsbridge 18 storey planning permission – probably the neighbouring vetinary college site too.
@Devin wrote:
Actually all 3 city-centre Starbucks so far seem to have been opened with Trinity College south-Dublin knobheads in mind
Jeesh, bit of a chip on our shoulder have we?
@notjim wrote:
A but now you are being silly JoePublic, that building has more in common with the NCC proposal, which you oppose, than the U2 tower, which you support.
I really don’t see how you can say that, but howandever.
Feckin eejits! (Metro that is)
A nice example of the kind of skycrapers we SHOULD be building though. National conference centre hotel in spencer dock, compare and contrast?
@CC105 wrote:
You could try the DDDA office on the quays as my reading of the article assumed that is where the model was.
It wasn’t in the window where the old U2 tower model was yesterday anyway, I checked.
Anyone got a scanner or even a digital camera to take a photo of the metro picture?
@cubix wrote:
hobart??what sort of comparison is that
Just a little dig at the Tasmanian original poster cubix.
