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Where are you going to get the 80,000 regular spectators to fill it….
A bit of realism…lets have a great new stadium but ones thats ultimatley a viable entity
Gabriel – are the trams staying that colour? Silver with no livery. I like that.. very minimalist and modern.
Did you read the article last in last Sunday’s Tribune with Peter Coyne of DDDA. HE reckoned that the tender for the new footbridge at Stack A (or chq as we should now callit ) would be issued this month and the bridge finsihed by the summer!. He also reckoned that work on the Macken St Bridge would start later this year.
The Macken St bridge is a must. It is ridiculous that there are no crossings from Matt Talbot down to the (appallling) East Link. The area where the bridge crosses from the north side has already been cleared pending works.
Its great isnt it and I would expect to see the whole section completed by the summer. It will look fab!
What is happening to all those old granite kerbs they are taking away though…. not into the builders waste skip I hope.
What about all this nonsense at Connolly Station. A farce and a waste of money they are labelling it. Personally I think the ramp should have been removed regardless of Luas as it now opens up the Docklands to the rest of the city. A bit of judicious redevelopment of Amiens St and there could be a seemless trasnition from O’Connell St to the Docklands. However I also think it makes good sense to have Luas connect with Connolly as at the end of the day it is a major transport interchange. Having the ‘Connolly’ stop at the Harbourmaster would not really be logical.
All this proposed business of having the trams dock at Connolly and then come back on themselves and head down Mayor St is a bit of a nonsense though. I think that the trams should continue on from Connolly and down Sherrif St (I am not sure how this would woork with exisiting buildings). This would extend the benefits of the Luas to residential areas on the other side of Sherrif St and make the Docklands expand northwards. It would also leave Mayor St free as the main thorroughfare of the area.
The thing is the government’s inability to agree to build a centre has lead to this situation where any developer thinks they have a chance to get in there and put up something…anything! Personally I dont think the Government have any business building a conference centre… it is nothing to do with them.. However there has to be some sort of coordination of the private sector to develop an appropriate centre… or else we will end up with this type of muck.
The trees will look great won’t they… a really dramatic change to the street. You can alos get an idea of just how far the new paving will extend out on the sides down at Abbey St. one other thing is floodlighting and pavement recessed lighting…. I havent seen any indication that this is being allowed for. Thats a pity. I think the statues on the street would benefit from some nightime ilumination.
What will happen to all those prestigeous Ministerial headquarters in Dublin…. should the story become true and decentralisation happen. Im thinking of Defence (Infirmary Road), Education (Tyrone House – recently renovated) and OPW in particular.
One good thing is the opportunity for the OPW to offload some of the architectural tat that it currently uses. Particularly for Social Welfare and Comm. Marine & N R. Bye bye Apollo House.
Stephens Green: such a cop-out to replace the streetlamps with the same unattractive design. Another example is the new traffic island on the south side. The CC installed new lights on plain modern posts and then added a faux-period lantern the same as those around the Green’s perimiter. What is that all about!
There is a complete lack of consistency and asthetic about the types of street lighting used in the city. Its appalling and I am sure it must involve a serious waste of money, all those conflicting designs and tenders.
Stainless steel traffic light poles have been erected as requested Graham! Now we shall see how the plaza will fare under pressure fo traffic. The newly laid areas will soon for the carriage was along this strech as the side pavements are repaved.
Also isnt its the dumbest thing ever. OC St is left all year without any major work taking place anbd then come Xmas shopping time the whole place gets dug up. The latest is the relaying of granite paving at the entrance to Henry St and at N Earl St.!! Why now! Why not last March!
Down docklands way…. has anyone seen the fab paving and street lighting the DDDA have installled on Grand Canal Basin…. check it out.
The Thomas Davis statue is a gem… its just a pity its been left to languish on a traffic island with little to no attention for so long. Despite many letters to the Council, OPW, Duchas etc I still haven’t found anyone who will accept responsiblity and restore the fountain and install some floodlighting. Its a crying shame!
I think the trees around Grattan and Moore are in need of some ruthless pruning. Better still remove them (withouit chopping them down – it can be done) and replan the whole College Green area. Less cars, wider pavements better street furniture, low leve planting.
Another ”landmark” development is going up at the corner of Capel St and Little Mary St…. and guess what its about as bland as they come.
Other favourite busswords…. ”stunning”, ”outstanding”… for almost every housing devlopment.
As for location of Merchants Gate – wasnt this the Wiggs Teape site that was so brutally slaughtered one bank holiday weekend…?
Anyway its the best place for high rise in the city. As I have always thought…. goodbye lowrise, working class East Wall hello brave new shiny mega monster skyscraper 19 storey docklands!!
Stunning
Outstanding
This is definately the bizarrest New Ireland story yet. I am amazed that anyone would seriously consider this as aviable plan. I agree completely with the comments regarding EuroDisney…. that is just about solvent and the French have the advantage of guaranteed summers! I would think it is most definately a trojan horse to speed up land development in the area.
The fountain was meant to be reinstated in the Croppy Acre. I imagine the Council are waiting for the Luas construction to clear up here before they roll out their plans for the park. On the other hand, it was mentioned somewhere (probably here – Graham?) that the Council were using the move to Croppy Acre as a pretext to binning the sculpture, or at least the fountain element
