Nancy OBrien
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Yeah, saw it from the bus the other day and couldn’t figure out whether it had always been there and I hadn’t seen it because I’m usually on ground level. Its a bit of fun to brighten up the dreary old street.
Don’t know about the Esso tiger, what it represents is alot more sinister than just some humourous public art. The infiltration of multi-nationals in branding the landscape for more profit doesn’t really appeal to me.I agree with John Callary, Phibsboro shopping centre is the most hideous eyesore, its like a post apocalyptic 1984 sector for brainwashing and should be torn down.
Also Summerhill flats off mountjoy sq are dismally depressingTrue the dance scene has been around for about 15 years but its only now that it has been truely consumed by the mass market and is seen as a mainstream way of life- enough to merit big business interest in it, hence bars being designed for the culture it has created.
Channel 4 had an excellent documentary on the other night- ‘A house is not always square’ where they showed a number of well designed houses and apartments (some self built, others commercially) which put a huge consideration into environmentally sound design – both from conservation of heat through placement of windows and insulation, down to the use of natural non toxic materials. As the presenter said, “environmentally friendly doesn’t always mean hairy jumper”
I also mean that as society changes, so do the functions of bars…ie- a pub was generally not for every class in its original form, now bars attract people of every status. Likewise, do you think that certain factors like the influx of the dance scene in Dublin or immigration have influenced the way that we define socialising in a bar and therfore influences its design?
