O'Connell Street Dublin. What the fook like

fritzelly · 12-07-2018 10:27PM

Probably plenty of places where you could just build a new city in Ireland and leave Dublin alone but could we please get someone who knows what they are doing

biko · 12-07-2018 10:32PM

verycool wrote: »

It's a sh*thole, but it's our sh*thole.

It's not my sh*thole

West Ireland is best Ireland.

WoollyRedHat · 12-07-2018 10:36PM

If a massive sinkhole took away O’Connell st. tomorrow, I wouldn’t shed a tear.

I wrote to the local council to suggest that they flood the place and make it the new Venice but I haven’t heard back yet.

nice_guy80 · 12-07-2018 10:46PM

It's too wide
We need a row of buildings down the middle and make two streets out of it

fxotoole · 12-07-2018 10:47PM

AMKC wrote: »

Anyone else been on it lately?

Was up there today and all I can say is its in a terrible state.

What are Dublin City Council at? I know there is a drought but surely there is some other way to clean it. What do other rich countries that do not get much water clean there main streets with?

First thing I will say is if you are planning on walking on it make sure its not your good shoes or runners/trainers whatever you wana call them. Might have to get them cleaned afterwards or get someone to do it for you.

Its horrible. Like walking on a street that has had fizzy drinks spilled all over it all sticky and well horrible. Thing is Henry Street and Grafton Street even Talbot Street all seemed to be ok. So why is O'Connell Street so bad?

Just blast it with piss water

sonofenoch · 12-07-2018 10:53PM

Immigrants

Rubber_Soul · 12-07-2018 11:00PM

Chinasea wrote: »

There is no Street cleaning ever. Power hosing should be part of the cleaning programme, but it isn't. The streets are power hosed regularly in Spain where they would have a lot less water. Does not have to be pristine drinking water.

No outside the box thinking nor implementation.

Except 10 days ago. Which people also moaned about.

https://twitter.com/RoisinMWhite/status/1013681276002406400?s=19

fritzelly · 12-07-2018 11:07PM

Rubber_Soul wrote: »

Except 10 days ago. Which people also moaned about.

https://twitter.com/RoisinMWhite/status/1013681276002406400?s=19

They had to, was like fly paper - pretty sure I passed the same people in the same spot 2 days running.

GarIT · 12-07-2018 11:09PM

nice_guy80 wrote: »

It's too wide
We need a row of buildings down the middle and make two streets out of it

Nah, the opposite, pedestrianise the whole thing, getting rid of the roads and stick markets in the middle, but classier stuff not Moore street stuff.

When that's done pedestrianise the whole quays, and all around trinity except for busses and trams. And maybe St. Stephens Green too.

I drive, I'd pick my car over public transport at any cost, even driving to college in Dublin 1 but we need to get cars out of Dublin 1 and 2 completely.

jimmycrackcorm · 12-07-2018 11:11PM

Tis Yourself? wrote: »

Some day a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets.

With Climate change and the weather we've seen this year, We know the big snow will come next year in it will be pristine for 3 days in March.

suicide_circus · 12-07-2018 11:16PM

try the streets around Guinness with all the tourist horse and carts sh*tting all over the shop day after day.

sonofenoch · 12-07-2018 11:19PM

Pedestrianisation was the ruination .....this is how it was in it's glory, could be a foto from any major city like Paris or Rome

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and they'll be doing the same to Dame street and anywhere else the lefty liberals can get their mitts on

triple nipple · 12-07-2018 11:20PM

I haven't been on O'Connell street as much but Jervis Street and Grafton Street are always wet on weekend nights even when it hasn't rained.[/quote]

That's from all the damp yokes

suicide_circus · 12-07-2018 11:21PM

^^^^it's not the pedestrianisation thats the issue is it? it's the crap shops, ropey characters

12-07-2018 11:24PM

Shop front legislation could be something worth considering. We're all restricted by what we can do to the front of our house, why don't businesses have to have their fronts up to a high standard?

harr · 12-07-2018 11:28PM

Why can’t they do something like this Tarragona in Spain ...was here a few weeks ago and it was lovely

Outlaw Pete · 12-07-2018 11:36PM

Few pics of what the OP is referring to........

seachto7 · 12-07-2018 11:39PM

sonofenoch wrote: »

Pedestrianisation was the ruination .....this is how it was in it's glory, could be a foto from any major city like Paris or Rome

and they'll be doing the same to Dame street and anywhere else the lefty liberals can get their mitts on

No. It could never ever be like Paris or Rome. Never ever ever

seachto7 · 12-07-2018 11:40PM

harr wrote: »

Why can’t they do something like this Tarragona in Spain ...was here a few weeks ago and it was lovely

Because it would be wrecked by the scummers here

harr · 12-07-2018 11:46PM

seachto7 wrote: »

Because it would be wrecked by the scummers here

Plenty of scum in Spain as well...but I have seen them ran off it, surely on our capitals Main Street the guards should have a zero tolerance approach..

Ubbquittious · 12-07-2018 11:47PM

Chinasea wrote: »

There is no Street cleaning ever. Power hosing should be part of the cleaning programme, but it isn't. The streets are power hosed regularly in Spain where they would have a lot less water. Does not have to be pristine drinking water.

No outside the box thinking nor implementation.

One could simply pump some water out of the Liffey or some other cleaner stream preferably and use that for powerwashing but if word gets out they did that you'll have every second eejit walking down that street suing the council because they allegedly breathed in some deadly bacteria and were sick for weeks after it.

If they use Denis O'Brien water as normal they can say it's ISO 9000 Fairtrade certified organic water with an extra dollop of bleach and the courtcase will be thrown out

wakka12 · 12-07-2018 11:58PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Not to give any of you ideas but back in the latter half of the 19th century Napoleon III (nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte) hired a guy named Georges-Eugene Haussmann to essentially demolish Paris city and start from scratch, building wide avenues and modern water and sanitary conditions across the whole city. Yes, you read it correctly. An absolutely fascinating history of the rebuilding of Paris here:

Haussman's Renovation of Paris

And, just in case you think we couldn't do that because of our population:

It's a topic for a thread of its own. We could design the city to be pedestrian, cyclist and public transport friendly and so much else. All we need is imagination, pride and money.

Seeing how ugly modern architecture is in 21st C and how bad design standards in general are today, Id rather not, don't have much faith they'd have it in them to design a nice city

If people were still willing or able to make beautiful buildings like they did at the time of the reconstruction of paris then sure though

thebull85 · 13-07-2018 12:02AM

GarIT wrote: »

Ikea Could be coming to O'Connell Street.

Ehhh nah you're alright..

murpho999 · 13-07-2018 12:13AM

I always hate these type of threads as they often turn into Dublin Bashing threads with exaggerated viewpoints on crime and junkies.

However, I was on O'Connell Street at the end of June and I really noticed how dirty and grubby looking the pavements were.

It''s really bad.

O'Connell Street is a fine street and it should be kept to the highest standards by the council for cleanliness and facilities on it.

Shame not to see the "Civic Plaza" turn out as intended and see a vibrant shopping and cafe culture there. It should be great.

EdgeCase · 13-07-2018 12:26AM

The big issue was they picked the wrong paving colour. They’ll always look bad as it’s a single colour, grey.

The same mistake was repeated on the repaving of grafton street.

Hector Bellend · 13-07-2018 01:31AM

To clean the street properly you must start with the human scum that has ruined the street in the first place.

McDermotX · 13-07-2018 02:40AM

Kip

FAILSAFE 00 · 13-07-2018 03:07AM

I say we take off and nuke the street from orbit.

It's the only way to be sure.

AllForIt · 13-07-2018 03:33AM

FAILSAFE 00 wrote: »

I say we take off and nuke the street from orbit.

It's the only way to be sure.

That didn't work, remember?

Chinasea · 13-07-2018 08:21AM

EdgeCase wrote: »

The big issue was they picked the wrong paving colour. They’ll always look bad as it’s a single colour, grey.

The same mistake was repeated on the repaving of grafton street.

No. This is a commonly used type and colour of street paving. The bloody surfaces just need maintained which they aren't.

Regular powerhosing and sweeping. The place is covered in cigarette butts and plastic bottles also. So unless swept they ain't gonna go anywhere except into the sea eventually.

O'Connell Street Dublin. What the fook like

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