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Hodges Figgis sell some of the RIAI books so when I said punter – I probably meant educated punter, some of the books can be a bit of a thesis (I’m looking at you Geography Department of UCD…) but worth a look in.
Yes Aken the Liffey Valley Centre looks like one of those modern prisons and the turret like (search?) towers dion’t help it at all. Then again the whole place is built on funny money so there should be a few people that supported it heading the direction of the big house – soon hopefully
Hodges Figgis is alright for the punter with an interest, if you are talking technical books I don’t know
Ah sure – it rained today, that’ll get the street clean. Actually has anyone noticed the upsurge (if you’ll pardon the expression) in puke around the town – it’s everywhere
I remember hearing about historic lead mines in Clontarf – I cant be sure which book I read it in – could have been “Ingeneous Ireland” – I’ll check it when I get home!
I was speaking to someone in Adshel about this a few years ago – and it works out cheaper in the long run to have vanalisable glass – strange eh
Ah yes but what a wonderful area it would make for our paint-throwing friends to destroy a historic building – in the name of peace/farmers/students etc.
Not a chance of the railings ever coming down! In two words – security issues
A gag I believe – the trick was to send tourists down there “don’t forget honey – we’re getting on in fir and going to O’Connell st” was the line alegedly heard from an american…
Paul Clerkin – Really lostcarpark? Where was the bunker?
I remember hearing that there was one down at Ormonde Square in the markets area that was filled in. There was also one at Mounjoy square I think.
What drunks put in those bollards or is someone trying to make a fractil – their locations make no sense at all – also I’m fed up with the light on the tip it looks stupid and out of character with the rest of it – its as if somebody put a big red dot on the nose of the Mona Lisa so that people would notice it in the Louvre. I haven’t seen the midway light yet but it sounds like another bad idea
True – when I worked in the IFSC I used to meet a friend of mine (a TCD lecturer) for lunch – if the pearse st gate opposite ST Marks Church was open my journey would have been 20 Mins shorter on a round trip, sure close the gates at night or when its dark but keep ’em open otherwise
Originally posted by Desmund
According to skyscrapers.com Sir John Rogersons Quay development has been given the go ahead. It comes under the approved section. What’s going on?!!Multiple reasons
A) Recession – not much need for new office space when the existing stuff can’t be filled
B) War – see above
C) big fight within Dunloe Ewart led to delays in all their projects – now that Liam Carroll has his hands on it do you think Zoe developments are cgoing to build something as dramatic as this?Well they do need something to get to off licence openings…
If they are travelling in Ireland they should travel by public transport – see then how quickly things would turn around.
Parks as Frank McDonald once said “… are the urban planning equivalent of send on the dancing girls” I know he was talking about the park next to City Hall but it seems right in this context.
It’s the old problem of just accepting the way things are in this country in terms of fading buildings. For example the firm that I worked for was a global entity and the offices were bright, modern and the interiors) updated to the highest degree (by architects) every few years. Transfered to an Irish owned firm in the same business. Offices built in 1983, last updated in 1983.
Well at least he is questioning these things rather than blindly accepting them – more that can be said for most of them
I know that Haughey was not Hitler obviously, but they both were interested in Architecture very few people will say “Oh the former Reich Air Ministry building, what a wonderful part of Hitler’s legacy” for example. Just because somebody was into architecture doesn’t make them a good person or out weight some of the things that they have done.
We have a lack of vision from the Government insofar as there is no strong leader (in the same way that CJH was a leader) who pushed for things because they wanted them. Politics have moved so much to the centre ground that everyone is trying to please everyone else all of the time. Tough decisions are not being made.
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But lets not be too hasty, we are getting Luas, The Spire, HARP, Museum at Collins Barracks, a more sensible Spencer Dock scheme (boring but not as alien as the previous proposal), etc, I agree that there is a lot more that needs to be done but give it time…
Dont forget Haughey’s legacy Tribunal after Tribunal. Just like Mitterand the guy is dodgy as hell although he has an interest in architecture. Hitler – he had some great plans drawn up for Germania in the Centre of Berlin by Speer, nobody’s saying spot on Adolf.
Ah lads don’t forget Croke Park – that wonderful stadium unused for most of the year run by a bunch of bigots who classify rugby as a foreign game (although invented by someone who was half Irish half Welsh) but not American Football invented by Hirem J. Hackencracker III (or some well known Irisah name)
