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I cant help but agree. IE boast that they have redeveloped this station to bring it up to modern standards but I find that hilarious! To add to the list above. The listed facade of the building is filthy and suffers from such basics as lack of paint on the railing, weeds growing out of the stonework and filthy windows.
The new section of the station is a cardboard joke. Bizarre layout, hideous colours and devoid of any imagination. Tellingly, the new bar located in the undercroft has a vastly superior finish…which goes to prove the old Irish adage: major railway station – any old shite, yet another pub – only the best!! What a dreadful lack of respect.
Compare Connolly Station to Gare du Nord in Paris or Union Station in New York – okay the scale and stature are vastly different, but both these stations are imbued with a sense of place.Paul – Think you run an excellent site. Granted we may all be a pack of moans but hey there is method in our moaning and I for one find it extremely enjoyable and worthwhile.
Its is a particularly condescending article….dare I roll out the old cliche… but is it a British publication?
As for the Royal – there’s lots of these about. ‘National’ would be much more republican sounding (‘State’ might be a touch Orwellian) but I suppose we should value these little eccentricities from our past.
You should read back on some of the previous posts brunel…its the same bridge! Quite amusing really. I wonder how much Calatrava was paid for the commission? Would it have been as much if the city council were aware the Macken bridge is a copy. Maybe they were….?
Also wouldnt it be interestiing to see a comparison of the costs of each construction…we’ll have to wait until our one goes the standard 50% over cost of course.
Hmmm surely I am too young to be so cynical
Its a cityscape on a Haussmann scale! And you can just make out those more recent des res’s on either side of Blackhall Place.
Still I suppose the bridge will act as a catalyst to improvements in the area.Its sounds like a lofty ideal doesn’t it but how will it go down with our regional representatives and their current ‘pork barrel’ mentality. Its such a sensative issue – some areas are bound to feel they are missing out and are just as deserving of these resources as somewhere else….. I foresee plenty more Jackie and Podge Healey-Raes!
Also, I wonder if its sensible to encourage our population to grow to these levels? We are just about managing with the crowd we have at the moment!
From what I have seen…the whole thing is bland – front and back.
But what is this 1916 building… its starting to take on the form of a Gandon masterpiece. Is it rather just an ordinary late 19 century 4 storey buildingQUICK! get it listed … because you can guarantee the local council hasnt thought to! Remember the Wigs Teape factory!
Should the house be saved? Does it have any architectural merit?
Aren’t there enough monuments to the Rising already…the Garden of Remberance (in need of a spruce up), the tacky murals in the GPO, a whole section in the National Museum, Arbour Hill, Kilmainham Gaol….the list goes on!
Is there any value in holding onto this building because of its slim historical attachements. After all, you could argue that most buildings in Dublin have some dubious claim to fameIts looks like a death knell for most of the misconcieved parks in this quarter. The park on James Joyce Street (perviously Corporation St) is also due to be clearer and the JJ street-line reinstated.
Theres a huge amount of developemnt planned for this area…it will be unrecognisable in a few years (if it happens).I cant help but agree that it is a shame about the way Gardiner Street has been let down. To think this was the top residential area in Dublin once upon a time. The slum clearance was very misguided but then again wqe can say that about almost every major redevelopment in the city in the last 50 years! The reconstruction of Mountjoy (weren’t ESB the culprits here as well) shows how with a little bit of effort and imagination alot of teh damage can be undone.
‘3rd richest country in the world’…where are you getting that from John!? Dublin isnt THAT badly served by transport although there is a long way to go to create the infrastructure that befits a true 21st century city.
I agree with Singapore….its is beacon in terms of transport provision.
I think the interchanges on the lines (City Hall etc) in particular can teach us a lot about efficiency and good design… Tara/ Conolly Stations take note.
I dont fully agree with your Dublin Bus comments. I think the fleet is excellent, its just not managed very well. Terrible staff? When have you ever met a nice bus driver on any busy network? time keeping is the big issue but its complex and involves the creation of a lots more QBC – but then thats a huge bone of contention for the drive-loving public.I dont really think so… one could argue that Trinty should be flattered that of all the possible sites to base the set on the SW team have chosen them.
GregF! surely you arent suggesting that there are stakeholders within the Dockland development which have no concern for the creation of an architectural legacy in the area and are only out to make a fast buck (ala Mohair Suits brigade) Shame on you! Think of those farseeing city fathers of the 1960s who gave us such beautiful buildings as those which now line Tara Street or O’Connell St…
What a bizarre tale this is turning out to be. As the Irish Time is PAYG now I have to rely on snippits but its seems to me to be a total fiasco! Personally I think that the government should resing over this…not because of the Stadium itself – but because it is the most stark example of the lies FF (and PDs) put about before the election, ie that they were proven competent managers of the states finances. I think the point is entirely valid…last year Jim McDaid was forever telling us how affordable this project was in our Brave New Tiger country. Now, its is unrealisitic. What a balls up!
I hope Bertie is cringing today as he reads the Scotsman!
Favourite Park? Iveagh Gardens off St Stephens Green. A little known gem as oul Mr McThomais used to say
The amazing thing is that the York st buildings were renovated in 1988 for the Dublin Millennium! You have to credit the building management here eh!
Yes I heard that as well. Its supposed to consist of a new look Cathedarl St and Malborough St (saw a DCC tender for this ages ago but that was the last of it). Also an upgare to Foley Street (paralell to Talbot St) including all those new developments there as well as the park redesign. Big ideas but lets not hold out breath.
I think this is something to do with the ‘City of Possibilites’ project the Council has initiated. I went to the public consultation…it was quite interesting. They have a website http://www.dublin.ie
