Morlan
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The absolute gem of the south city centre. Buy out the car parks, force Dublin Bus to change their routes, get the Luas in. Pedestrianise all streets. What a fantastic city Dublin could be. 🙁
That sign was erected by some Gaeilgoirs last year. I don’t see any point in having Irish in large italics and English in much smaller font below. It’s ugly.. a terrible design. I much prefer to older signs that are in Gaelic script.
Over the past 2 years, DCC have started replacing signage around the city with Irish and English in the same font size and style.
As of March 2009, all government bodies must display both languages in equal font size, with preference for Irish. The legislation only applies to new or replaced signage. Public recorded announcements now have to be fully bilingual, so expect to hear a lot more Gaeilge on the DART and Luas over the next few years!
Official Languages Act Handbook: http://www.coimisineir.ie/downloads/Official%20Languages%20Act%20Guidebook_eng.pdf
@hutton wrote:
PS Morlan, great shots – don’t suppose you have them in colour? 😀
😮
My hand-colouring isn’t up to scratch, but had I lived in the early age of b&w photography, no doubt I’d be well into it.
@GregF wrote:
The bridge will look cool at night too when lit up.
If the Spire is anything to go by, then 🙁
@lostexpectation wrote:
anymore pics of before, it can’t find any
Some over at fjp http://www.fantasyjackpalance.com/fjp/photos/kf/aerial/index02.html
@Peter Fitz wrote:
Its in !
well, a fairly accurate render in any case 😉
Good work Peter. Looks great.
@archipig wrote:
Whats the deal with the pedestrianisation, is there an official timescale for it?
There are no plans to pedestrianise College Green. :confused: Who told you that?
The main pedestrian crossings will be widened slightly. That’s about it.
http://www.dublincity.ie/RoadsandTraffic/QBNProjectOffice/QBN/Documents/T-QBN-127-DSL-001.pdf
@jackwade wrote:
Does this count as false advertising?
That’s Morlan’s photoshopped picture, first posted on page 11 of this thread.
Thanks for the heads up. Just doing up an invoice now.
@Devin wrote:
And of course thee worst shopfront in Dublin is on Westmoreland Street.
I know I shouldn’t be surprised but.. holy fucking shit 😮
@Devin wrote:
The owners of the Travel Shop have no shame, leaving it shabby and timewarped in a very prominent location all through the boom & O’C St. public realm improvement.
AIB own this corner building according to the guys in Travel Shop.
@Devin wrote:
I think this terrace is worth a few more words …
Fantastic comparison with the pics Devin. Very interesting.
@Alek Smart wrote:
The Spire is fully Illumiminated once more..Hip Hip..????? 😀
Fully? It’s the same old scabby bit at the top.
@missarchi wrote:
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Thanks for those, missarchi. They seem to just show the silly strip of light at the top.
I could have sworn I read that it was to be floodlit – was this not in the original brief? I can´t find it.
Does anyone have the original renderings of the Spire? It was meant to be floodlit from top to bottom.
@reddy wrote:
ha ha! Was accidental actually! I was looking at the Elysian thread and someone called the tower ugly – said I’d have a look on Flickr to make up my mind and what came up first…?!
Always remember to credit any pics you upload here – Ideally you would have [IMG]ed the image directly from Flickr with a link to Donncha´s account. Fair is fair. 🙂
Absolutely sterling work on the photos Graham. An invaluable asset to the forum.
johnny21, the tree this year is totally bonkers, I love it!
