1940 – Former Roches / Debenhams, O’Connell Street, Limerick,
A fine corner building, but stylistically old-fashioned by the time of its construction. The corner entrance has a a double-height polished limestone surround.
A fine corner building, but stylistically old-fashioned by the time of its construction. The corner entrance has a a double-height polished limestone surround.
Goldberg’s Department Store opened in 1960 at High Riggs in Tollcross and was intended to be the focal point in a new road system for Tollcross –
Grim department store with equally grim frontage onto nearby Liffey and Abbey Streets. Terrible commercial infill.
El Corte Inglés is a massive department store dominating the Plaça de Catalunya.
Designed in the 1950s by the same firm of architects (NMA), half of the store was built in the 1960s and the other half in the 1970s.