SeamusOG
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This might be a place to start:
They have designed several pools, including the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin. We’re a bit short on Olympic size pools here – three 50m pools in total in the Republic, if I’m not mistaken, though only two of these would be Olympic size (width and length).
@Morlan wrote:
They’ve fucking trashed the place. Where the hell has all the fencing gone? 😡
I was sad to see the trees go on Upper O’Connell Street, but I have found it much easier to “see” the whole street now as you walk along it, e.g., to see the buildings on the opposite side of the street. That picture above sums it up. I know it was dreadful what happened today, but on the plus side, if you said to someone that that picture was of a major street in Paris after their recent riots, they might well believe you.:p
Well I was looking in your excellent architectural archive as I thought it might have been in the zoo, and I came across the Garda Officers’ Club. I must go get my lotto ticket.:)
Great Strand Street or more probably the street called Lotts (continuation of GSS)- one of those, eh? It rings a bell, alright.
I think #9 is on Green Street East, between Sir John Rogerson’s Quay and Hanover Quay.
I was wondering about the mosaic on the Pelican House. I remember as a very small boy being at a pantomime in that building – given by staff of the Irish Life whose building it was at the time. There was a hall with what looked liked a purpose-built stage. I wonder was the mosaic there as a “backing” for the stage, i.e., to provide a window-free section in the building.
(between that and the lego, this is a real trip down memory lane):)
1 looks like it could have been that bit on the wall of the old Pelican House on Mespil Road. But that’s gone now, so has it been reassembled somewhere else?
@Pepsi wrote:
Those towers are not buildings. The question asked about the tallest building.
Well you learn something new every day. You prompted me to look up my dictionary (Collins) and the definition of “Building” (in this sense) is “something built with a roof and walls, such as a house or factory”. The Moneypoint towers have walls but no roof, so therefore are not “buildings”. I’d always thought a building was something “built”, so that would include towers like Moneypoint. Thanks Pepsi.
@Pepsi wrote:
Windsor House, Belfast is the tallest building on the island of Ireland.
taller than the Moneypoint towers?;)
This is a superrb thread. Great idea. The pounds will fall off me this weekend!
That little bit of string around Thomas Moore’s neck. What’s it for? It looks like he’s wearing a hoody.
Quick question, Graham, about the unsolved location. Is that tree still there? I just had a hunch it might be one of the buildings on O’Connell Street.
Any chance of another clue:D
My favourite railway station in the world is Gare St. Charles in Marseille. It is high above the city with an amazing view over the city and the port. I often think of it when I see Broadstone. I’d agree that Broadstone’s not all that much to look at when compared to Heuston (which looks wonderful from the north quays), but it has a commanding position which none of the others can compare with. All the bigger pity that it’s closed to trains:(
It reminds me more of a gate lodge (or similar) that I’ve seen around somewhere, rather than one of the more imposing buildings in the city. The obvious one would be the gate lodge at the Lincoln Place entrance to TCD, but I think that was taken down some years back. Must have a look.
It’s hard to see the “lateral thinking” angle that Frank McDonald is going on about. The cable cars that I’ve seen have been used to ferry people across a chasm (e.g. Dursey Island was mentioned earlier on) or to carry people up a hill (e.g. somewhere like the Zugspitz in Germany or any ski lift you care to mention). In both of those types of case, the cable car is necessary or at the very least extremely useful.
How does building a totally unnecessary cable car which will only function as a tourist attraction constitute “lateral thinking”:confused:
I find the whole thing very strange and frankly I can’t see the point of it. But if permission were granted for this, it would be an indication that the city planners would be prepared to alter the riverscape for ever by installing towers which would enable four cable cars to carry about 100 people in total along the river. Well if they would be prepared to do that, why not go the whole hog and install a system like the Schwebebahn in Wuppertal, Germany.
http://www.u-bahnen-in-deutschland.de/wu/wuppertal-gallery.htmWrong on both counts – very wrong on the first.:o Well at least this thread is encouraging to put in a bit of cycling at the weekend:)
Is P an office building on the west side of Earlsfort Terrace, between Upper Hatch Street and Adelaide Road. I think that building is somewhere around there. I have a suspicion that J may be the Law Society in Blackhall Place.
@Thomond Park wrote:
Coming back to A I am confused by what appears to be an overhanging tree and there are no trees at this location.
I was wondering about that too, the first time I saw the picture. I originally thought that it might be a building at the back of Kevin Street, Long Lane I think, where there are trees. Obviously it’s not, though looking at the drainpipes it’s hard to reconcile the small picture (A) with the complete one.
K looks very much like Stokes Place, that useful shortcut between St. Stephen’s Green and Harcourt Street.
