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Well done, Hutton.
I’ve a quick question about this one (and relating generally to sunlight in Dublin), probably a gimme for most architects, who deal with these kind of factors all the time.
I originally thought that A was probably an East-West street, because of the way the shadows are falling on the chimneys. Cavendish Row clearly isn’t.
Would it therefore be correct to say that that photo must have been taken in the very early morning?
It’s a fine photo, by the way. And it solves the mystery of the whereabouts of the FA Cup that was stolen years ago.:p
We’re a bit behind time on these two, I think.
I was in Dublin keeping half an eye out. No joy at all.
:confused: 😀
I am amazed and frankly appalled by some of what I am reading here.
@Maskhadov and the other demographic designers, would you not think the obvious solution is to build brand spanking new apartments on the site of the current Ringsend flats, and then rehouse the current residents there. Then it would all fit in perfectly, the current residents would get more modern homes, and the current community in Ringsend would not be disrupted by the wholesale removal of a huge chunk of its residents.@Transport21 website wrote:
CULLEN WELCOMES OFFICIAL OPENING OF DUBLIN PORT TUNNEL
20th December 2006
More >>CULLEN OFFICIALLY OPENS KINSALEBEG REALIGNMENT ROAD PROJECT
8th December 2006
More >>CULLEN TURNS SOD ON N7 NENAGH / LIMERICK 38KMS ROAD PROJECT
7th December 2006
More >>CULLEN OFFICIALLY OPENS FIRST SECTION OF THE N6 KINNEGAD TO KILBEGGAN ROAD PROJECT
5th December 2006You’ve got to ask, if you look at the details of the press releases on the front page of the website for “Transport21”, at http://www.transport21.ie, whether the whole thing is about transport or whether it’s about Martin Cullen.:D
I have found the “Litfass columns” that you see all over Germany to be unobtrusive. In some cases they are used as air vents for underground rail lines. In other cases there are plants (intentionally) growing on top of them so that, if looked at from an upstairs floor of a building, they add to the general greenery.
@Morlan wrote:
While you lot were opening presents and singing carols this morning, I was on the internet downloading live pictures from the DCC website.
Is anyone on webcam duty this Christmas? 😀
Morlan…..?
I’m over in Germany and I’d be delighted to spend some of the morning looking at my home town free of traffic. I’d need a bit of help uploading the pictures, if they’re any different to the above, but I don’t know how. Any help would be appreciated.
I think this thread needs to be given an airing again given the season that’s in it, in case there’s anyone on the board who hasn’t seen it. Some wonderful photos and great commentary. Thanks very much GrahamH.
The way the shadows are falling on the chimneys in A makes me think that that is an approximately East-West street. I’m going to guess Summerhill Parade.:o
@phil wrote:
Ooh, Graham, this is causing me sleepless nights at this stage 🙂
I have a few new ideas, but I am not entirely sure as of yet.Would some kind resident of Dublin get up on their bicycle, do a few laps of TCD, report back here and hopefully put us out of our misery?;)
I’m just trying to find out what happened to the project, after the initial support expressed by the City Council, the DDDA, and Guinness. Frank McDonald also seemed to approve of the scheme, in the articles earlier on in the thread. Anyone know?
@GrahamH wrote:
No cryptic hints regarding the below, only to say that there is no open sky in this photograph.
Putting it in simple terms, this photo includes a black bit on the left, a white bit in the middle and a greyish bit on the right. The white bit gives the initial impression of clouds, perhaps indicating that this photo was taken on an overcast Dublin day.
Being pedantic, I suppose it could still be indicative of clouds, which might not necessarily be “open sky” (as in the blue stuff we see on a sunny day) in everybody’s book. But that would be too devious and clearly not what was intended in the above quote.
So that white bit in the middle is most probably a wall.
In summary, I think what we’re looking for here is a white wall somewhere within sight of College Park.
Anyone know a white wall somewhere within sight of College Park?:D
@ctesiphon wrote:
1) Dominicans = Order of Preachers = OP]opposite[/I].
Oooooh, very good. I didn’t know they were the Order of Preachers. Completely distracted by the Dominicans on Dominic Street. You were right not to change the clue under duress from your colleague.
2) Feed sheep = graze; Aren’t black, or white = grey: So Gray’s.
You could perhaps have put in “sounds like” at the beginning of the clue here? Still good though.
@ctesiphon wrote:
My vanity is encouraging me to ask whether the crossword clues made sense, or if they’re as baffling as ever, i.e. did you work out why the Dominicans led to ‘opposite’, for example?
Well it always easier to “see” the answer to the clues when you’ve seen it…:o
@ctesiphon wrote:
When the Dominicans look in the mirror, they will know their place. (8)
You might feed your sheep here, as long as they aren’t white, or black. (5)
Here, on Fergus, I’ll buy and sell you at the races. (9)
By itself. (6)By and large, they’re good clues. I’m still not sure about #2, and #1 may need a bit of brushing up, in the unlikely event that you’ll be using it again!
I think #4 was an excellent clue. Would absolutely not be out of place in any of the great crosswords. #3 perhaps was perhaps overstating the whole market thing – Newmarket-on-Fergus, buy and sell, the races (Newmarket). It might be better here to have divided the clue into two parts. One part could be used to generate the words “New” and “Market”, and the second part might be “at the races” or something which would lead us to think of “Newmarket”. As it stands, the word “New” would not, I think, be generated by any of the words in the current clue. Now, what such a clue would be, I really am not able to say.
My quibble with #1 is that if the Dominicans were to look in the mirror, which has been identified by a couple of posters as the river Liffey, they would see somewhere like Aungier Street or South Great George’s Street, I would think. That’s assuming that you are talking about the Dominicans in the Friary on Dominick Street/Dorset Street. It might have been better in this case to consider the Capuchins, whose headquarters is on Halston Street but whose larger Church is the one on Church Street. Looking from there into the “mirror” would bring you much closer to the location of this warehouse. Unless of course the Dominicans were to look in the mirror at an angle, rather than along the more obvious north-south axis. Hmmm.
I’m afraid I still don’t get the sheep connection in #2.
And some of the above points may well be put down to the ungraciousness of the defeated:D
Thanks for putting up the photos and the clues. Oh yeah, and the answer.:) That last photo kept me and it looks like several others entertained and puzzled for a long time.
Thank you, ctesiphon, for putting us out of our misery.
That must have taken over from Aldborough House as the longest unsolved building in this great thread. And it wasn’t actually solved in the end.:o
Obviously we need to work on our knowledge of Dublin 8.:)
([whisper]Graham, just while we’re waiting for further clues, was your last photo actually the Luce Sports Hall and the railway track, or should we keep thinking[/whisper]);)
