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Good work, Graham.
. ‘Tis like reading a book.. when are you publishing that book on Dublin anyway?One thing that strikes me about Crumlin/Drimnagh.. concrete & tarmac city. Not a planned tree in sight. The Long Mile Rd there is terribly sparse. A few trees down the median would work wonders.
Those houses in your first post were built to a very high standard. My sister has a similar house out in Inchicore, which is exactly the same as the ones in Crumlin. She had the house renovated, everything stripped back. It was amazing to see the craftsmanship underneath the plaster. Quality stuff indeed.
That building above (or the one next to it on the left) has something to do with Macdonalds fast food, they provided funding for it. I believe they serve food to the visitors of the hospital in that building. Sorry for being vague. I remember driving past it last week and seeing (much to my surprise) ‘Ronald Macdonald House’ on the side of the building!
Somebody here must know more about it.
So what’s the ETA on completion of O’C upper? Obviously not before christmas anyway. Any hope of the street being finished by Paddy’s day? How are they getting on at the lower end of the street?
Also, is there any set date for the commencement of Parnell area revamp?
I quite like the seating area outside Habitat with those anally pruned shrubs.
Has anyone had a coffee sitting on College Gr. yet? Just wondering what the ‘buzz’ is like, bit of a busy spot with the traffic.
Ye’d wanna be careful flashing that Nikon E8400 around town, Devin.
Good god, how did I miss that one. Is that a wood-dash effect running down the front? Nice fancy roof thing on it though, the rest of the developments are boooriiiing.
@ctesiphon wrote:
A for me too.
But why isn’t Grafton Street even under consideration? Its omission is even more glaring looking at those maps. The shortest, straightest route is the only one not illustrated.Luas down Grafton is NEVER going to happen. It’s the most important retail street/public space in Ireland. The affect on businesses there would be disastrous.
I’m sure anyone living in Dublin would agree.
I was surprised by your choice, Graham, you having such an affinity for O’Connell Bridge.
As it stands, the bridge has an equal, balanced amount of river space either side of it, as it deserves. Ripping up College Green would only be temporary. A bridge would be permanent, a bridge that would be designed and built under a very tight budget. We could end up with an awful concrete heap of shite, further spoiling the view down the river – the loop line is bad enough.
The proposed LUAS bridge will also be a tram stop, cluttered with ticket machines, shelters and other paraphernalia, and would further obstruct the view of the Custom House.
Route A would be constructed in the least amount of time. It would provide the fastest connection for people travelling between Line A and B. Makes sense to me…
@Graham Hickey wrote:
Agreed 100% – Plan B
On balance, having another bridge across the Liffey is less visually damaging than having lower Grafton Street and College Green poled and cabled, and Lower O’Connell Street and Bridge destroyed with poles, cables, platforms and attendant features.
Or why not go Plan D and have the best of both worlds? :rolleyes:
B is perfect for serving Pearse Station which is also set to become a hub of sorts under Transport 21. A bit of a roundabout route all right having to double round the Trinity site, but something has to give. A pity it couldn’t join the red line further west – suppose the RPA want it as close to O’Connell Street as possible…
I chose Route A.
There’s no need to waste money on longer track alignments and bridges over the Liffey. All we need is for the two lines to be linked in the middle, as they should have been in the first place!
Line A offers the quickest route for the least amount of cash.
My second choice would be Route C.
I really don’t like the idea of having a bridge between O’Connell bridge and the loop line. I think it would spoil this stretch of river. It’s likely that the new bridge would be fairly cheap and nasty too. What to you guys think?
Option A would be my choice. Option C would link George’s St into the network, that’d be nice too. The other options link Pearse with Stephen’s Gr. but the interconnector will join these two in the future anyway,
@alpha wrote:
didn’t they remove the aviation light from the spire? i don’t recall seeing it in a long time and that is way taller than georges quay plaza.
Yeah, that’s well gone. The several hundred LEDs at the top now act as an aviation beacon, as does that annoying strip of light half way up – it ruins the ‘linierness’ of the spire.
@paul lite wrote:
It might take a while to walk from the station to the port. It just seems to be a good bit out of the way. I haven’t used the port in a good few years mind. To be honest it is easier to fly by plane these days.
Sorry, thought you were talking about the conference centre.
I guess it would make sense to continue the LUAS down to the port.. but one step at a time. IFSC businesses are already kicking up a fuss about LUAS running down Mayor St.
@paul lite wrote:
Well anything would be nice. It doesn’t seem to be serviced by any form of public transport.
I believe the Spencer Dock railway station is to be built right next to it. There’s also the proposed LUAS extension that would pass by it.
Saw this over at boards. http://www.warringtoncyclecampaign.co.uk/facility-of-the-month
Click the black arrow on the site to view more.
I love this one:
This one meter long cycle path in Leeds provides a useful training facility for novice unicyclists. Once the basic skills have been mastered the unicyclist can test their proficiency by remaining upright for the entire length of the path, including a 45° bend. They can then progress on to longer and more demanding facilities.
The best old Dub pics I’ve seen.
Look, no loop line! It’s great to see those little boats moored up beside the bridge too.
It’s a damn shame that nice little corner building was replaced with O’Connell House 🙁 Why oh why?!
Those mini balustrades are lovely 🙂
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YAWN, sorrry, I little bit boring. However, I do have some quality snaps of this area to be shared… soon enough.
You should have asked them what they were doing. Surely this bit of road is going to be repaved to finish of the lower end of the street, or was is already freshly paved? 😡
@darkman wrote:
Anyone have images of this development by any chance?
Is it this? It isn’t 16 floors though :/
This new hotel which will open on 2 May, is just five minutes from Dublin Airport, close to where the M50 and M1 meet. €35 million has been invested in the hotel which is Irish owned and it will be run by a professional and experienced Hilton Management team.
The hotel is designed and built with the very purpose of providing an excellent destination for people on business or pleasure, arranging or attending a meeting, celebrating or preparing to fly from Dublin Airport.
The hotel will have 166 bedrooms, including four junior suites, a function room that caters for up to 450 people, nine purpose built Hilton meeting rooms with a business centre and Meeting Reception and a Livingwell fitness centre.
