notjim
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regarding LGL’s post, the hungerford bridge improvement didn’t alter the original bridge, it added the rather cool new pedestrian walkways. Why would pedestrians want to use the loopline? I guess the view would be good but where would you get down?
Morlan, my reading of it was that they had lights at both ends and the stopped the traffice long enought to clear the whole width of the square.
phil the BoI front railings are really beautiful, it would be pity to remove them. what would be nice would be some grass instead of car parking.
actually apart from the pole it is all there, the spencer dock development is this side of the bridge, there is a big hole there now.
this plan is such a waste after all the original good intentions . . .
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2004/0712/3603646488HM6KILMAINHAM.html
So, given that noone is so sure what the interconnector adds to the phoenix park tunnel connected under the river and given that seamus brennan is convinced we need a metro to the airport and given that turning around a tunnelling machine at stephen’s green will be expensive and awful here is my new plan: the metro line goes swords, airport, blah blah blah, broadstone, o’connell street, stephens green, pearse, and then spencer dock and hence onto the existing suburban network parts of which could then be electrifies. trains from the airport would go straight through the city centre around via spenser dock and then out along either the maynooth line or via heuston to kildare.
this way the tunnel starts and ends out of the city centre, the trains will run through and don’t terminate at an underground station, travellers from the airport can get out at a variety of city centre stops and so can travellers on kildare and maynooth dart lines and if you really wanted you could travel from kildare or maynooth to the airport. it would also intersect everything.
i will also post this proposal on platform11.org so people wanting to tell me that i am probably the sort of person who enjoys travelling on trains between cities and should therefore shut up can go and say that there.
i think the view can be preserved or even improved while putting buildings along this street, long gaps and lowering the fence would do that.
what would be very nice would be if there were a series of mini squares or plazzas along the side of nassau street, fitting between the new buildings with a view out over the college and maybe small cafes and cafe seating.
sorry roskav, won’t happen again, maybe it would be best if the thread was deleted.
like the scheme btw,
notjim
Quote:Originally posted by Craig Davis
Notjim it would be great if you could post any images of (or links to) the Nassau St. schemethese are on the sites and buildings committe minutes page which can only be accessed from inside trinity, i would be happy to copy the pictures here only they were prepared by an architect and so are probably copyright and i don’t want to risk bringing grief onto Paul’s head. if its fine by him then i will. they are only notional but i guess give an indication of the footprint and hight tcd have in mind.
sorry P11 Comms, i didn’t mean to
imply i was snubbed, i was just referencing the other thread i case people wanted to see what was said there.nor of course am i against the interconnector and of course i am very pro rail and want all the things you say, but, if the only benefit from the whole interconnector is to allow people to get from Newbridge to Drogheda without changing trains, it is worth asking was the relative cost are.
so here is my question again, what is the added benefit of the interconnector relative to a short tunnel from pearse to spencer dock apart from allowing people to go from maynooth to greystones without changing trains?
oh and don’t be so pompous.
