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JOHN ROCQUE c. 1704-62
1756 An Exact Survey of the City of Dublin: 4 sheets 1757 Re-issued on one sheet
1760 County of Dublin: 4 sheets 1799, 1802 Re-issued by Laurie and Whittle in reduced form
1760 County Armagh: 4 sheets
1764 Plans of various other towns
1765 A Map of the Kingdom of Ireland: 4 sheetsIt’s brown print and mounted on brown board and is 1ft8″x2ft4″ – it was “Reproduced by the Ordnance Survey Dept, Phoenix Park, Dublin, to mark the Bi-Centenary of the Royal Dublin Society, 25th June 1931”
The 1756 map goes from Glassnevin/North Strand at the North to Harolds Cross/Rathfarnham Road on the South.
The Tallaght map (linked above) is dated at 1760, while the Rocques map of Dublin City and Environs is from 1756 (which you all probably know).
Perhaps he did such a good job of the City that he was commissioned to do the ‘here be dragons’ outskirts of Tallaght.
seen the base at the weekend and it aint in the flesh or the steel as it appears on the pictures i have seen
after a stint of 7 weeks in Texas I am really looking forward to finally seeing it erect. A pint and a gawk at the Spike before the crassness of Patricks Day celebrations kicks in. Begorrah
Incidently, Graham, Pearman sides with you on said techology vs. restraint argument. I’m still sitting on a very slightly curved fence
have to say i don’t like the curves on City Hall building beside Tower Bridge in a faraway silhouette, although it looks fantastic close up. I’d even say homely.
ps Paul, a google for “city hall london” throws up a good rating hughpearman.com
Originally posted by kefu
“The report also explains why no historical tag has been attached.
It is forward looking and aspirational, not retrospective and historic in intent.”
100% in agreement, as posted below. nice to be looking forward instead of rooting ourselves in the past, as we as a nation are prone to do.
Originally posted by ro_G In terms of it’s effect on Dublin – it is visible from all over the city and is visible to all. It is bound to have much more impact, positive or negative, on the greater population. While I also like the sculptures you mention, they all represent the past, and arte looking back and are about heritage. But i want to look forward too, to a future Dublin.
See, theres two broad options for people of our age, stay here and make the best of the country or leave for other parts of teh worth. Neither makes one person better than the other, and i’m not implying that it does, but for the people who are living here and plan to live here long term it is, in short, inspiring to have such a monument that is not looking to the past but to the future, to future regeneration, to future tearing down of north/south dublin divides, to bury the sackville place legacy behid us. God knows, the streets of Dublin have enough reminders of the past.
http://www.p45rant.com/boards/showthread.php?s=&postid=726028
wow – i was getting very high-horsey that day! 😮
Jesus they are a sight. It’s a pity as they are lovely wide pavements, where you could do something much more *ahem* illuminating. Also, what is lighting the strip of pavement behind the poles away from the road? Building mounted lights? Why would you build monstrosities that big without at least addressing the full width of the pavement?
Hmmm … must visit the peoplesrepublic again soon .. used to live on McCurtain Street and Georges Quay. Georges Quay had already started to become more ‘chic’ 5 years ago.
The Spire is what does it for me. Especially seen as the construction itself was such a major piece of discussion and public spectacle and it went under The Spire moniker during that time.
It somehow cheapens the whole construction process and the energy and passion that was evident in this thread for them now to be bandying around names by committee. I imagine Ritchie feels the same.
