Morlan
Forum Replies Created
- Posts
@murphaph wrote:
I love that bulding and I often look up at it and I’ve never noticed that crown either! It’s tiny.
😀 Yeah, I only noticed from zooming into my photographs. There’s actually two crowns there.
@Maskhadov wrote:
why dont they get in those american outfits that can lift up the house completely and move it to another location.
That would probably cost more than the building is worth!
No signs of any highrise construction in Ireland yet.
Meanwhile, Manchester’s ‘Beetham Tower’, which was reduced from 60 floors to a ‘moderate’ 50, will be finished in a few months.
In London, about twenty 40+ story buildings approved in the past year or so. A few 70+ story towers approved. Have a look here:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17479978&highlight=london+projectsI’ve actually given up on the whole highrise Dublin thing at this stage. NOTHING is happening. Heuston Gate is a relatively low density building compared to other European capitals, and tucked away in the back arse of the west city centre – I’m not too excitied about it. There’s absolutley no chance of a proper skyscraper in Dublin for at least another 40 years by which time I’ll be probably be a corpse.
Work hasn’t started yet on either.
AFAIK the burntout warehouse on the Montevetro site is still there.
Double-decker buses can travel under it… I don’t see why the LUAS can’t. Probably a safety issue for minimum clearance. I would’t like to see Westland Row lowered, I think it would spoil the street somewhat.
@Graham Hickey wrote:
A physical link, or a pair of look-like-a-link lines on a map?
I know what you mean. I always laugh at the map when I’m getting a ticket at the LUAS stop. What do them tourists think. “get off at The Four Courts and it’s just a short walk to Stephens Green”. :confused:
From what I can gather from JPD’s rumour, it will run from Stephens Green via Dawson, Nassau, Lincoln Pl. Westland Row, Pearse, Tara, Butt Bridge & Sráid na Mainistreach. Not my favoured route to be honest. Would have prefered the LUAS down College Gr. & Westmorland St. This would be the most cost effective route to connect the two lines. Go figure.
The Cherrywood line will definatly go ahead next year, I’d put a slice of me arse on that one. The Mayor St. line via IFSC1/2 and ‘Point Village’ (fitting name for the village-like architecture proposed) will also go ahead IMO]has[/i] to.
I don’t see the point of the Westland Row line. Sure, it connects with Pearse, but what about the proposed Grand Canal Cock LUAS line? I thought the IFSC LUAS was going to run from Spencer Dock across Macken St. Bridge and either terminate at Grand Canal or possibly continue on to Merrion or Fitzwilliam. This would satisfy the Pearse Street catchment area.
Having a line on Westland Row AND Grand Canal would be a bit silly really.
edit: Grand Canal ‘Dock’ not ‘Cock’. The keys are close together 😮
@ctesiphon wrote:
That was Mannix Flynn, playwright and thorn in the side of the establishment. Spent time in Letterfrack in its original incarnation. I think his performance might have been an extract from ‘James X’. Not what you’d call a play, exactly, but it was performed in Project, Liberty Hall and other places a couple of years ago. He has made it his mission through his writing not to let us forget what went on in such places.
Ah right. It just made me cringe to watch him. He seemed to just go on about the womb and nothing about what went on in Letterfrack. It wasn’t relevant IMO.
Who was that guy who started rambling on for 10 minutes about exiting his mother’s womb? What does this have to do with architecture? :confused:
Thomand, you need Flash to view the website.
It’s not much of a highrise. It’s shorter than the millenium tower in Grand Canal Dock.
@Graham Hickey wrote:
BBB: Bland Beyond Belief. It’s those prefab windows, they’re really the tasteless icing on the bland cake. 😡 ‘Ah sure stick some wooden uprights on the side of em it and they’ll look great’ – wouldn’t be suprised if they used wood-effect lino either.
A glimpse of the new Civic Plaza.
I quite like this building below. Could have been a few floors higher though, would have scaled well. It’s actually 3 seperate blocks linked by subtle balcony things. 🙂
This area below is under development just now. What a perfect spot for a highrise but I think it’s destined for a 5 story block 🙁
A new street in the making, about 2 blocks long, with a terminating few of the Iarnród Éireann offices on the north quays. Nice 🙂
Pre-treated copper is all the rage in Dublin these days. Here’s another uninspiring flat on Barrow St.
Here’s an example of shrouding on a historical building under refurbishment. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a shot of the whole building, but it is shrouded from tip to toe with a picture of the facade.
(Cathederal Barcelona)
Another Raon Rothar classic. Cyclists are forced to partially dismount in order to negotiate the sudden 90 degree turn. No warnings; just a ton of concrete plonked on the path.
The footpath has been closed with temporary blue hoardings so cyclists should expect to see some confused pedestrians all shuffling past the informative concrete block.
