Rory W
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I think that there should be an archeire night out – food, drink and good conversation, price of the ticket to include food and a contribution to the upkeep of the site. Nothing spectacular like a Fianna Fail £500 a plate meal – just a bit of a laugh.
Any takers???
Oh sweet Jesus no!
I see that it was the owners of the Powerscourt Townhouse Centre got their hands on it so it should (fingers crossed) be renewed ok
I see the O’Connell Street Branch of AIB has turned into a Bank of Ireland rather than a pub – can anyone explain this one?
“Seems to be a huge effort for a bridge that is not going to have access to taxpayers cars”
There’s more to life than cars Michael – whats wrong with good looking civic design, nothing civic should have to be as Sam Stephenson put it “self effacing like a VD clinic”.
Much better than that yellow and black bumblebee look that the bridge has had for the last two years – I see Gratten (Capel Street) bridge has returned to emerald green from its Turquoise of last year as well
LOB is correct, although by the time you get from the main square down to Luce hall it doesnt really matter what angle it is to the quads
You should get “Construction of Dublin” – has the same edge to it a “Destruction of Dublin” – a cracking read.
I found Saving the City a bit dry compared to the other two. I wish they would reprint the Destruction of Dublin – my copy has been read and reread so often its starting to fall to bits.
Exactly, what they seem to be avoiding is saying that the drugs centre is a cause of grief on the street (ooh cant say the cause problems, it might offend some drug addict), instead everyone is tripping over themselves to be PC. The other problem lies in the fact that Pearse Street is a 4/5 lanes wide and traffic roars through the area. As it stands there is little worth stopping for on the street.
Trinity is to blame somewhat, but there are others (junkies, Corpo Planners) also.
I’m sick of apartment living (especially noisy students at 5:30 in the morning (God I sound old)) so I’m upping sticks and moving to a 3 bed semi in the ‘burbs
They respected youth and rank because the “Trinity Boys” would get involved in the fracas and the Butchers would hang them by their gowns rather than doing them any serious harm. They must have been quite a sight!
Cracking read, which I first read as a sickly child of 10 and it awoke the interest in Dublin in me – thank you Maurice Craig
Moving back to the building – I notice that the Meteor phone shop has gone from there now – not the greatest retail location is it?
It is only because we love Ireland so much that we the right to complain – I neither loath myself nor my country.
The only thing I loath is our attitude to litter/mess which is extremely childish i.e. why cant the city council clean it up. We have to be more reponsible for our behaviour and not expect to have a mother figure chasing after us cleaning up afterwards.
Is mise
Rory WPS WhiteCube in what way is telling the truth counterproductive?
Great site fjp – at last a photo of the “Why go Bald” advert to go on my desktop!!! Always wanted that particular work of Art!
Thanks
Ah but who puts the puke there in the first place – us mad paddies with our raving drink problem. The businesses pay rates to the local authority to clean the place up – why should they pay double.
I don’t know how to solve the vomit problem in this town – anybody got suggestions (other than free “Rennies” for anyone who drinks Budweiser)?
Why blame CIE – its the filthy Irish that drop the litter. Why oh why can’t the filthy Irish stop dropping litter would be a better line vitruvius!
(Although consistency in furniture would be nice)
[This message has been edited by Rory W (edited 12 February 2002).]
I think that its probably too big for a pub (even the rotten new Caf̩ en Seine) Рso I think the department store is the only real option for the site Рalthough deliveries would be a bugger
Good Call – I think there may be some residential element to the development – there is definitely offices though (even though the lovely new one two doors down is still vacent (now that would make a cool penthouse).
Oh my god – My office is over a car park, I can’t go home – my apartment is over a car park!!! I think I’ll go hide in a field somewhere.
Seriously though – if we worried about this sort of thing all the time nothing would get built. The metro (when built) and port tunnel would be prime targets for terrorism if some looney wanted to do so, and the M50 bridge – infact the list is endless – how about the Dawson Street Car Park – closer to the Dail, but we take risks every day in our lives and we just have to live with it!
I think they should build more underground car parks – the ones above land are ugly bloody things and take up too much room.
