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How much inspiration could the Naples metro provide for Dublin?

  • 10-11-2008 6:20pm
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    Metrobest
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    As we read the details of plans to remove the statues in Stephen's Green, odd though it might seem, I think Dublin needs to take a leaf out of Naples' book.

    The metro del Arte project in Naples is a model of how to use a metro line to improve existing cultural facilities in the city. For example, In the Dante Square station, cars were entirely removed and a new, improved public square was created.

    At the museum station, passengers from the metro have a direct entrance into the metro without even having to go above ground.

    I hope the RPA and Dublin City Council will use the opportunity of MetroNorth to make Dublin a more liveable, cultural city.

    On the site of the demolished public toilets in the Green, where many trees will likely have to razed, how about a new glass-roofed and floored cafe? The railings on this side of the park could be removed entirely turning the Green into a park with 24 hour usage.

    It's an anachronism in this day and age that St Stephen's Green only opens in the hours of daylight. But MetroNorth provides an opportunity to radically change the way this park is used - for the better.

    As well as thinking outside the box, the planners of this metro need to think outside the station box.

    Thoughts?


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