What's this building?

bbuzz

Was just on the OSI historic maps site, having a look at UCD and found this:

http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,718667,729809,7,4

There seems to be a building on the green between Engineering and the Restaurant beside Daedalus, it's there in 1995 and 2000 but not 2005. Does anyone know what it is?

I thought it might be the old bar, but the bar is already there.

errlloyd

Good question sir. Holy **** UCD was green. Parking must have been a nightmare, there is probably less then half the spaces at that end of campus then there are today.

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errlloyd wrote: »

Good question sir. Holy **** UCD was green. Parking must have been a nightmare, there is probably less then half the spaces at that end of campus then there are today.

Parking probably wasn't as much of an issue back then, before the explosion of people driving when they could easily walk/cycle/take the bus.

OneOfThem Stumbled

errlloyd wrote: »

Good question sir. Holy **** UCD was green. Parking must have been a nightmare, there is probably less then half the spaces at that end of campus then there are today.

Apart from the super huge car-park that has been over the years eaten up by the two student centres and health science

SirLemonhead

It doesn't look like a building to me, it doesn't cast a shadow on any side so it really doesn't seem to have any depth to it (when looking at it from above)

bbuzz

SirLemonhead wrote: »

It doesn't look like a building to me, it doesn't cast a shadow on any side so it really doesn't seem to have any depth to it (when looking at it from above)

Switch to 1995, you can see the shadow then.

SirLemonhead

oh yeah.. hmm

Duke Fame

It may be the base / Foundations of the old bar after it was demolished

graduate

It may be the base / Foundations of the old bar after it was demolished

This seems the most likely. The '95 picture is the old bar, then used as the microcomputer centre pre Deadulus, and the later one is the concrete base of this edifice only.

asdf1234

It seems to be in the photo on this page:

http://www.switch.ie/case-studies.php

Ruski

Click on 1995 and look at the lake. When you see it, you'll shít brix.

OneOfThem Stumbled

asdf1234 wrote: »

It seems to be in the photo on this page:

http://www.switch.ie/case-studies.php

This is just like the bigfoot footage.

Tantalising but just out of focus and scope!

beardedmaster

Thanks for the link to the OS site! Turns out my house was around in 1824-1842...

graduate

Tantalising but just out of focus and scope!

Like this, perhaps?



Or this artist's impression might help

delta_bravo

my parents met each other in the Tara Club. Which is now 21s. *shudder*

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Getting closer...probably too close

from http://www.ucd.ie/ucdnews/nov99/news3.htm