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as far as its function you must remember that this is not meant to be a stand alone gallery. it is merely a new wing for the gallery and a new face for the national gallery on nassau st. a primary reason for its construction was to (re)announce the galleries presence to the city. judging by the amount of people who were in it any time i was there it seems to definitely have increased the populaity of the gallery.
it does give over a lot of space to bookshop cafe etc. but these are valid parts of any modern gallery.I agree, however i would have liked to see more actual gallery space in it to display the more modern pieces of art. I am glad however that they have put the cafe restaurant in it and not in the older buildings.
Originally posted by Mob79
Tacky and all as they were, bungalows from the 60s-90s seem so much more cheerful, colourful and modest than this current wave of mansions. Everything now just seems so big, immodest, dark stone covered and dull. They all remind me of a cheap version of a dull provincial railway station on a wet day. Im glad i grew up in a bungalow with ridiculous spanish arches.Agreed. They are the lesser of two evils. This notion of no/low maintaince as also made a huge impact in these houses. uPVC windows, facis and sofit. Stone or “Stone” clad fronts and that no paint dashing stuff on the back and sides. They all look the same. Back in the good old days the ‘bliss houses were painted different colours, used REAL stone cladding or a combination of redbrick and painted render etc…
There was some sence of individuality to them, alas now they all look the same.Originally posted by Graham Hickey
If only these mansions were dull, dark and dreary – most are clad in day-glo red brick.You turn a bend in the road and AHHHHHH!
Although – so many bungalows are rendered in standard grey plaster and never painted, never clad – never finished.
This is a major problem – so many of these houses are never completed as their builders are in charge of their own project, there are no finishing deadlines and so they are left.Drive along the road from Dundalk to Newry and the amount of houses that have never been finished from as long as 15 years ago…
Its true and it makes them a huge eyesore. If they were painted and perhaps some basic landscaping (No bloody laylandi (sp?)) they would blend into the surroundings perhaps a little.
