Dublin eyesores that need to be demolished: name them!

Seanchai

What eyesores in Dublin need to be imploded? Try and post a photo with them.

I'll start:

Phibsboro Shopping Centre (Photograph)

Crumlin Shopping Centre (Photograph)

Ballymun Shopping Centre (Photograph)

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I've also noticed something in poorer areas of the city that needs to be addressed: the pubs often have limited light, and there's something distinctly sinister about it. The Cabra House is the most recent example of this that I've seen. It's like something from the Falls Road in about 1987. Its neighbour Downey's Pub is not much better in terms of bricked up public houses. Likewise The Towers pub (on left of photo) in Ballymun is like all the depressive mental illnesses in one place.

admiralofthefleet

hawkin house (dept. of health)

nudger

Seanchai wrote: »

What eyesores in Dublin need to be imploded? Try and post a photo with them.

I'll start:

Phibsboro Shopping Centre (Photograph)

Crumlin Shopping Centre (Photograph)

Ballymun Shopping Centre (Photograph)

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I've also noticed something in poorer areas of the city that needs to be addressed: the pubs often have limited light, and there's something distinctly sinister about it. The Cabra House is the most recent example of this that I've seen. It's like something from the Falls Road in about 1987. Its neighbour Downey's Pub is not much better in terms of bricked up public houses. Likewise The Towers pub (on left of photo) in Ballymun is like all the depressive mental illnesses in one place.

Where would you buy a telly or some jewellery in Cabra if the O's was knocked down.

liffeylite

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

hawkin house (dept. of health)

Liberty hall.

I would also love to see incentives and cheap rents given to empty, derilict buildings in the.city centre, in order that they can be reopened and occupied.

Overall, dublin is an attractive city though. There are not many cities of its size that have so many attractive period houses coupled with a wonderful natural geography.

Corruptedmorals

Central Bank
Trinity arts block
Busaras
The ugly base of the Irish Life building
The Ormond Quay hotel (rotting for a few years now in a prominent location. Was broken into to rob the post office next door through the wall)

[Jackass]

mikemac1

Goodbye Northside SC in Coolock

You won't be missed

bren2002

Dundrum shopping centre (not the town centre)
Tara St Dart Station
Dept of Health
ESB HQ
Northside SC

GerardKeating

Wood Quay

John_Rambo

I really like busarus, the spire and the poolbeg chimneys, they have architectural and/or engineering merit. So they stay. Some of the bad ones need to be improved, but I'd rather see the nice ones that are falling apart restored.

Italia

The Dail together with all the rotting dead wood inside it

John Mason

I really like Busaras - i used to think it was horrible but now i can see the beauty of it.


Mine would definately be the Dubin Bus place on O'Connell Street, it makes me want to cry every day.

A&F have done a brilliant job doing up the outside of their new shop. the idea of giving cheap rent from some of the empty building is a great idea.

Dyr

Apparently liberty hall was transparent until they had to change all the glass after the bombing in 74, it would probably look decent like that.

jossnjuice

Having worked in Phibsboro shopping centre for years, the plan is to level it, and then start again from scratch, with underground car parking and the buildings coming out to the front of the road.....not sure if it was put on the back burner though, its been a while since i worked there.......

it all has to do with a patch of land at the back of Tesco and Dalymount AFAIK, and i think it was stalled to see if Dalymount was going to be sold or not.

Draco

[Jackass] wrote: »

I've been told that this is just a facade on top of the original building - anyone know if that's true?

Also the sooner Liberty Hall goes the better. I don't care if looked better before the bombing - I've only known it as the vile and ugly thing it is now.

admiralofthefleet

John_Rambo wrote: »

I really like busarus, the spire and the poolbeg chimneys, they have architectural and/or engineering merit. So they stay. Some of the bad ones need to be improved, but I'd rather see the nice ones that are falling apart restored.

likewise. i think busaras is a lovely building

maximoose

Agree 100% on Phibsboro SC, awful looking building.

listermint

with original glass.

I dont think it should be leveled as it has some historical engineering merit within the capital. But that may because my Grandfather worked on the building i have some affinity to it.

I think it needs some sympathetic restoration completed.

ethernet

Apollo House. Eyesore. Even the font on the front of the building makes it look out of place.

MiamiMice

Jedward.

Lapin

Lapin

And whoever signed off the planning permission for this monstrosity should be fúcked out on their ear.

Cookie_Monster

Busaras has won design awards, I remember seeing that a while back...

BeerNut

O'Connell Bridge House
The Central Bank
River House
3 Palace Street
The Long Room Hub

But mostly Hawkins House. A million times Hawkins House.

Dyr

Lapin wrote: »

And whoever signed off the planning permission for this monstrosity should be fúcked out on their ear.

Should be renamed Dyson house

PauloConn

Seanchai wrote: »

I've also noticed something in poorer areas of the city that needs to be addressed: the pubs often have limited light, and there's something distinctly sinister about it. The Cabra House is the most recent example of this that I've seen. It's like something from the Falls Road in about 1987. Its neighbour Downey's Pub is not much better in terms of bricked up public houses. Likewise The Towers pub (on left of photo) in Ballymun is like all the depressive mental illnesses in one place.

You should have seen it before they put the windows in.... its quiet nice now actually.

TheVoodoo

I agree with most listed, with the exception of the Poolbeg Chimneys. I personally think they are a part of the Dublin landscape, and not an eyesore. I know they won't be there forever, but I do hope they are there for many years to come.

[Jackass]

Draco wrote: »

I've been told that this is just a facade on top of the original building - anyone know if that's true?

Doesn't look like it, as the windows (and offices you can see inside them) run the entire width of the building, which would suggest the front wall has been completely demolished with that work of art built to replace it.

Treason.

Teyla Emmagan

A hundred million times Hawkins house.

And O'Connell Bridge house. And Apollo House. Busarus and Liberty Hall I have actually come to appreciate though.

quaalude

This yoke on Grand Canal Street

It is empty, as far as I can tell, so now is the perfect time!

A Disgrace

[Jackass] wrote: »

Doesn't look like it, as the windows (and offices you can see inside them) run the entire width of the building, which would suggest the front wall has been completely demolished with that work of art built to replace it.

Treason.

I've been in the offices at the back and seem to remember that it does contain a lot of old features, although I wasn't really paying that much attention.

January

River House definitely needs to go!

Lapin

Where is River House ?

blueflag1

Shankill shopping centre.

whatnext

A couple that hit me every day

The old Cahil Printers D3


Connolly House North Strand


Apollo House

AsianDub

Boland's Mill.


Boland's Mill by GL Photography, on Flickr

Cienciano

There's some smaller ones that are just skanky buildings in locations that they really shouldn't have been built. Baggot Street Bridge has this square concrete box beside it:
http://goo.gl/maps/KR3s3

This shouldn't be on Stephens Green:
http://goo.gl/maps/CsHqa

Grafton Street is pretty good, but HMV is in a building totally out of place:
http://goo.gl/maps/dMmgN

stevedublin

AsianDub wrote: »

Boland's Mill.

I think thats a listed building, historical value etc. (1916 rising)

quaalude

stevedublin wrote: »

I think thats a listed building, historical value etc. (1916 rising)

It's a shame it's so neglected. I saw people from the locality cleaning it up voluntarily recently.
If it has so much historical value, one would think the government would maintain it and actually use it for something.

AsianDub

quaalude wrote: »

It's a shame it's so neglected. I saw people from the locality cleaning it up voluntarily recently.
If it has so much historical value, one would think the government would maintain it and actually use it for something.

From wikipedia...

"The older stone block buildings facing onto Ringsend Road and onto Grand Canal Dock together with two terraced houses on Barrow street are listed as protected buildings

The taller concrete silos on the site are not protected structures.

This site should not be confused with the old Bolands Biscuit Mills building on the corner of Grand Canal Street and Macken Street now known as the Treasury Building (approximately 500 metres away) that played an integral part of the 1916 Rising."

vicwatson

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Busaras has won design awards, I remember seeing that a while back...

Ah yeh remember that alright, think it was sponsored by the Irish Council for the Blind :rolleyes:

quaalude

AsianDub wrote: »

From wikipedia...

"The older stone block buildings facing onto Ringsend Road and onto Grand Canal Dock together with two terraced houses on Barrow street are listed as protected buildings

The taller concrete silos on the site are not protected structures.

This site should not be confused with the old Bolands Biscuit Mills building on the corner of Grand Canal Street and Macken Street now known as the Treasury Building (approximately 500 metres away) that played an integral part of the 1916 Rising."

Very interesting, thanks AsianDub - gonna have to look more into this.

vicwatson

AsianDub wrote: »

Boland's Mill.


Boland's Mill by GL Photography, on Flickr

Jaysus I think this looks brilliant, this is as iconic as the Poolbeg towers IMO. Agree it looks like something out of a country that the USSR invaded alright but still looks deadly !.

AsianDub

vicwatson wrote: »

Jaysus I think this looks brilliant, this is as iconic as the Poolbeg towers IMO. Agree it looks like something out of country that the USSR invaded alright.

I love the Poolbeg towers myself! So much so I walked out there on a cold night last February to photograph them up close.

The silos of Boland's Mill are ghastly IMO. I pass them everyday and shudder.
They look especially ominous at night!

miamee

vicwatson wrote: »

Ah yeh remember that alright, think it was sponsored by the Irish Council for the Blind :rolleyes:

Just to butt in here Busáras was the first public building constructed in Europe after World War II and as such had a great significance at the time. Architects, engineers and anybody else involved were all very proud to be part of the project and all wanted their names associated with it. Every possible attention to detail was made inside and most of the original features still stand including the newsreel cinema, alter a theatre and now the lost and found area in the basement, mosaics all over the floor, walls and pillars. I did the tour of it for Open House recently and although I used to think it was an awful looking thing, I had started to appreciate it's uniqueness - even more so after going on the tour

(All the above facts I learned on the tour so I am open to correction )

Tow

The Harcourt Street/Adelaide Road phone exchange : http://goo.gl/maps/lj8gq

Neeson

So the Boland's Mill pictured on the previous page isn't the 1916 one then?

Keedowah

Fitzwilton House

http://builtdublin.com/fitzwilton-house-dublin-2/

Clanket

AsianDub wrote: »

From wikipedia...

"The older stone block buildings facing onto Ringsend Road and onto Grand Canal Dock together with two terraced houses on Barrow street are listed as protected buildings

The taller concrete silos on the site are not protected structures.

This site should not be confused with the old Bolands Biscuit Mills building on the corner of Grand Canal Street and Macken Street now known as the Treasury Building (approximately 500 metres away) that played an integral part of the 1916 Rising."

What page is that on Wikipedia? Surely they're wrong about the Bolands Buscuits Mill playing an integral part of the 1916 rising. It was the Flour Mill.

ACtually, just seen it's on the page for Boland's Mill. I'll have to look into this further.

Neeson

Clanket wrote: »

What page is that on Wikipedia? Surely they're wrong about the Bolands Buscuits Mill playing an integral part of the 1916 rising. It was the Flour Mill.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boland's_Mill

So is the one on Grand Canal Dock the 1916 one?

uch

Dalymount Park, Kip