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If you build it they will come…
Forget about attracting tourists, just build properly for a functional city and the people that live there and tourism will follow. One thing about Ireland is that with the amount of so called “Irish” around the world, tourism is inevitable.
What we need to do is FIX OCS. If this is supposed to be a public transport hub for the city and a shopping area etc. it needs to function for the citizens of Dublin. If it does that properly then it will do that properly for tourists too.@ac1976 wrote:
Does anyone have a link to ABP’s letter?
I assume they rejected the park in the sky because it looked silly and was inaccesable being in the sky, Parks are usually at ground level.
I think there were also objections that the restaurants were at the top levles of the development aswell and hopefully ABP have rejected on these grounds.It would be great to see this go ahead with some rivisions addressing these and the other issues brought up in the process.
wait… what’s wrong with having a restaurant at the top again? I’d eat there.
I don’t really know of anything they planned on demolishing that isn’t already total rubbish… at least not from what the plans described?!
A bit over-simple, but as long as it’s elegant then I’m ok with it. Granite buildings are usually very nicely finished. Will dublin bus building be redone with it’s original townhouse front? What will be replacing Fingal Co.Co.? This is where Dublin Central was supposed to be moving the Carlton facade right? But with the (permanent?) delay on this are there any other options?
I totally agree that Dublin Central must happen for the economy and OCS’s future. I think it should be something looking towards the future and very grand and cool… but I just do not agree with the ski-slope design I’ve seen around. Oh well, I guess it would be better than what is there now.
Also, as regards to the dublin bus swap, does this mean that we might finally get rid of Dublin bus current building and maybe (fingers crossed) the Fingal Co.Co. building!?
So… demolition is almost over, we know what exactly is going in here yet or will it be just another empty lot for huge ugly ads for dr. quirkeys or that awful 104dimensional theatre?
Just an update. The demolition has started on the Royal Dublin Hotel. Most of the back is gone now up to the facade
Does this mean that the planned development is no longer going ahead? I think while there are some flaws in the overall development plan for OCS, anything is better than what is there now. Plus a project of that size, if ground broke today, would have serious positive impact on the economy and jobs… putting us in the right direction to get out of this recession.
