Maxwiggan
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8025036.stm
bbc article on changing cityscapes in the uk.
If you are going to include Ariels and masts then this is the tallest structure in Ireland
thobel consists of the tower element and a 5 or 6 floor lowrise the building in the left background with the red neon and reflecto glass is the royal mail building further along to the left, set back from the quay is the new ” Boat” development.
Some recent twilight shots.
interesting to see how the introduction of these two vertical elements will impact the surrounding area
Yeah there are some major crimes on display here to enjoy it you have to wait until it rains and gets dark then you can pretend you are in bladerunner Los Angeles or Gotham City but you need a good imagination! 🙂
Weak beyond belief why dont they just knock down the whole feckin city then expand the ILAC center over the whole northside and Have a Casino and a 200 hole golf course on the southside. Im of to belfast. huh huh
number 3 is a wee blue house by Ruth Walsh on the side of the national archive on Bride street around the corner from the former site of the dublin bird market on Peter street. yee haahw!!!
I think somebody mentioned that this looked like some UK post war new town. I lived in Coventry for a while and had a love hate relationship with its once groundbreaking precinct. By 1998 The precinct was a sad example of faded crumbling modernism.
http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/nowandthen/precinct-west.php
I used to work in Centra on westmoreland st on the corner of the building known as Ballast House. From the basement of the shop we had access to one tunnel which went first of all towards the river for about 5m and then turned right at a 90degree angle towards Westmoreland st where it was sealed by a heavy metal door but the tunnel appeared to continue under the street possibly to link with the drains which have bee mentioned previously on this thread. the passage is about a metre wide and lined with fresh looking cast concrete At least about 10 years old judging from its relative cleanliness) which i thought was strange because the building is at least 100 years old judging from the plaque beside the dan oconnel pub.
