Limerick improvement projects

lockman wrote: »

This year, for the first time, Limerick city centre entered the 2012 Tidy Towns competition. Local businesswoman Helen O'Donnell was behind this initiative.

For anyone who is interested, here is the report from the Tidy Towns group on the city centre entry:
http://www.tidytowns.ie/u_reports/2012/2012%20County%20Limerick%20Limerick%20City%20Centre%202121.pdf

The report makes for interesting reading, and there are some very constructive criticisms contained within.

The tourist office is very clean and tidy but the building itself could look better. The Perspex roofing is covered with algae while paint is flaking on some of the green poles. Why is there a Tesco trolley bayin this location? The Discover Ireland computer on the external wallis not functioning. The plaza to the foreground was clean and litterfree but a bin was full. This location would be good for a statue or a piece of installation art.

I walked under it last week and it beggars belief that the Limerick Tourist Office could let the roof fall into such a shabby state.

It even won an architectural prize when it was built around 1990.

This is a focal point and a significant visual landmark especially for visitors to the city.

We fail miserably when it comes to maintenance of our buildings.

When spring time comes around each year, a few buckets of warm soapy water is all that is needed here.

Brennans Row wrote: »

I walked under it last week and it beggars belief that the Limerick Tourist Office could let the roof fall into such a shabby state.

It even won an architectural prize when it was built around 1990.

This is a focal point and a significant visual landmark especially for visitors to the city.

We fail miserably when it comes to maintenance of our buildings.

When spring time comes around each year, a few buckets of warm soapy water is all that is needed here.

Limerick really does fail miserably when it comes to maintenance of its buildings!Just look at the Georgian architecture...it is suffering from poor investment and neglect. Georgian architecture is one of Limericks main strengths as it is the only city outside Dublin that is widely regarded as being the best example of late Georgian Architecture in the country!Why don't they cobble the streets in the area..add original ornate street lighting,plant trees etc. People I know from outside Limerick always say how much they like the Georgian area and in fairness you can't deny that it is a really nice part of the city even if it's not being maintained to it's full potential!!

October is almost over and still no sign of the Quays by Clohessy's being started.

Was on William St. today and didn't notice them. Can anyone get some pics?

I'll check them out on Wednesday. Keep on eye out on the others which are meant to be going up around town.

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

Anyone know if this is the start of the upgrade?

I was driving along Bishop's Quay today and I saw some workers preparing to put up signs which said something along the lines of "Riverside Improvement Project"

Must be the beginning of the boardwalk project tomorrow. Here's hoping anyway. The area has a lot of potential.

so I guess thats what those covered signs erected on Shannon Bridge are all about so. Have to admit I got very suspicious other day when I saw the mobile sign beign erected on the traffic island on the dock road side of the roundabout and thought they were going to go ahead and replace roundabout with the traffic lights they love so much. Hope they keep it in better repair than the boardwalk area they put beside the river by the Clarion - its a disgrace and would have been far nicer if they never put it it.

bigpink wrote: »

Exactly well said
We need to be realistic here in Limerick and not market it as a river city

as said above the broadwalk by the Clarion isnt kept well and then you have all the scum that seem to hang there

How is marketing the biggest city on the biggest river in Ireland as a riverside city unrealistic?

I think that falls with waterways ireland, they never dredged the abbey river which made the flows fairly dangerous, the board walks are an improvement but someone seems to have a fetish for them to be fair

I think it looks ok-When you think of what was there before the Sin Bin there's been a vast improvement.
It's a pity something can't be done about the ESB building.

sleepyman wrote: »

I think it looks ok-When you think of what was there before the Sin Bin there's been a vast improvement.
It's a pity something can't be done about the ESB building.

AFAIK, Gaelscoil Sairseal hope to be in it by the end of the school year.