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Our main street

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  • #62
    bob mcbob
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    bodhrandude wrote: »
    Just looks like any other city centre street, it could be Edinburgh or Glasgow.

    Certainly not Edinburgh - as well as strict planning guidelines, Edinburgh also encourages businesses (via grants) to ensure that shopfronts fit in with the location.

    https://ewh.org.uk/funding-advice/advice/shopfronts/

    Glasgow has issues with the far end of Sauchiehall street (away from the centre) but not in what is considered the main centre of Glasgow - George Square & Buchanan St.


  • #63
    ArmaniJeanss
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    Is O'Connell Street even 'our main street'?

    I'd have thought Grafton Street/Stephens Green North is the main daytime tourist street, and Temple Bar for the evening time.


  • #64
    Lollipops23
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    Beechwoodspark wrote: »
    However further up around where Quirkeys is needs regeneration as a few empty units there. And also would be great to see what was clerys reopened as a department store and if possible employ the old staff from before it closed down.
    .

    Clerys is reopening as a multi use mall/offices/hotel property.

    It won't operate as a Dept Store as people's shopping habits have changed and there isn't room for a 3rd DS in the area (Arnotts and Debenhams). The workers have nearly all moved on to other jobs or retired (my parents worked there, got out before it went bust and are still in touch with most of their former colleagues).


  • #65
    [Deleted User]
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    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/o-connell-street-revamp-metro-station-new-street-restored-carlton-cinema-facade-planned-1.3879218


  • #66
    Hector Savage
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    RobbingBandit wrote: »
    It went downhill when the Floozie in the Jacuzzi was taken away.

    I remember some lads emptied a bottle of fairy liquid in that!
    Great craic, the whole thing was like a giant bubble bath...


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  • #67
    Hector Savage
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    Yamanoto wrote: »
    Las Ramblas, Champs-Élysées , Damrak, Wenceslas Square & outside almost every Hauptbahnhof in Germany are all variations on a scene from the walking dead.

    It's planning (or lack thereof) that sets the tone for an area & O'Connell St has long been left to rot. The pity is if you take your eye above the shopfronts on O'Connell, Marlbourough, Henry & Mary streets, you'll find charming detail on many of the buildings which have remained intact since the 1700/1800's.

    Exactly, most "main" streets/squares across Europe are kips.


  • #68
    topper75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,942 ✭✭✭topper75


    Bring back the DMP.
    If any urchin starts up and refuses to 'move along like a good fellow', they can simply crack a truncheon over his head and deliver him to the borstal.


  • #69
    wakka12
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    AdamD wrote: »
    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/o-connell-street-revamp-metro-station-new-street-restored-carlton-cinema-facade-planned-1.3879218

    Lovely. Looks like a great development. Might be a nice destination street in a few short years.


  • #70
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,513 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    Northside centre is a kip mostly. I do like Capel St though but it's a constant car park with the amount of traffic going through it. They really need to do away with parking on that street and have a contra flow cycle lane. But the car is king in Dublin and it makes it unpleasant to walk around in large parts of the city.


  • #71
    JupiterKid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,972 ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    I wouldn't get too excited at the proposals for the Carlton site just yet. This site has lain vacant for over 20 years and previous plans for a major shopping centre were drawn up, unveiled to the public and then...


    ...nothing happened. :(

    One problem was the timing of the development plans - big inner urban developments take a long time to plan (site assembly, legal issues etc) and thus the time lag between the initial proposals and actual completion can be years in duration. This exposes big developments to the risk of the economy and property market taking a turn for the worse and thus becoming unviable. This is exactly what happened previous plans for the Carlton site.

    Also, this plan is for the general public to see and you can bet that the developer will look to make changes to the final plan - and the City Council planners will also want changes made - before the development actually gets underway so you will see some elements of the plan dropped or changed.

    What you see is not always what you get.


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