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Would anyone care to speculate?
will this remain as a service station if sold, I suspect not, but whatever development takes place will likely house delicatessen takeaway, my sources tell me this sector is the most profitable at that location currently@theblimp wrote:
I’ve always found that the tidal nature of the Lee has a negative impact on utilising the quays. However this could be easily overcome by putting some kind of ‘weir’ (automated or otherwise), say, under the last two bridges before the two channels become one again. Just a thought – feel free to ridicule….!
a thames barrier? well with rising sea levels this may become financially desirable in the nexy 40 years.
The back (South) elevation of the Bus Station actually looks nicer than the front (North)
The back looks complete, solid, the buses park at 30 degrees.
But the front is almost unchanged except for rhe “sails” canopy which is ok but the old multicolour glassbrick concrete slab canopy is still underneath it extending from the building, this remainder combined with the single glazed old windows on the front lets the building down on that elevation.@Radioactiveman wrote:
Hi everyone,
I’m new to this site and not an architect, but interested in urban design and planning.
What do people think of the new Mahon point shopping centre in Cork? I got the bus down there at the weekend and nearly got run over by all the cars. They seemed to have forgotten the pedestrians when they were designing this thing….Don’t worry the current problem is that the traffic lights have been disabled (and so have the pedestrian crossing buttons) members of the gardai are being seen to direct traffic. understandably traffic is their primary concern and it is difficult enough to direct without allowing pedestrians to cross.
However I see difficultues even once the lights are turned on.
The pedestrian walkway which those alighting from the bus use crosses over an internal traffic lane, at peak times this slows down internal traffic flow as cars stop and start, lights/walkway would solve this IMHO.
