miles
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I’m quite partial to the vacant lots around the Customs House and North Wall quay actually. I like the ghost town feel of the grand canal docks too. I think the whole area should be left the way it is but…
The old warehouses and anything else of note have been listed. I’ve gone over the DDDA’s plans for the rejuvination of the area and I suppose it can only be a good thing. I’m not so sure about all these brick apartment blocks with clock towers springing up on the canal side though.I disagree with charlieboy and rory v. O’Connell St is not a tip. The reason the area isn’t swarming with posh restaurants(…”proper meals”…) for people like you is because it is a poorer area of Dublin with alot of flats nearby. You might think that gentrification means the introduction of Pravda-like bars, but you would be wrong. O’Connell St and the surrounding area has its problems but the introduction of social establishments for nobs won’t solve anything. Rory, noboby’s going to let you arrive on the scene with your bulldozer. The local authority residential areas won’t just disappear, and why should Dublin’s less well-off be marginalised to suit the likes of you?
I agree that the area has potential but I’d hate to see it transformed into a so-called cultural quarter alienating inner city residents. The “nobody goes there” that you’re referring to… so what if they don’t? Afterall, surely there’s more to life than eating out. It is true that we need strong leadership for O’Connell Street and its environs but, please, not from you rory.
