Dame St Central Bank building

aloyisious · 27-11-2012 08:11PM #1

When the CB Staff leave the building for their new premises, what do you think the vacant building should be used for?

Would you turn it over to the Arts, turn it over to the Temple Bar Business people for apartments and shops, or use it to accommodate women and kids left homeless due to violent/abusive partners, or even the charities like Simon and Focus?

super_furry · 27-11-2012 08:12PM

Skate park. Those pricks ruined some of the best skating when they put those poxy fences up in the first place.

banquo · 27-11-2012 08:12PM

Originally I was all for the Abbey Theatre, but now I think that should go to O'Connell Street. At least then Dublin would have one decent street.

But something cultural. Not another flippin' bank.

Fukuyama · 27-11-2012 08:13PM

aloyisious wrote: »

When the CB Staff leave the building for their new premises, what do you think the vacant building should be used for?

Would you turn it over to the Arts, turn it over to the Temple Bar Business people for apartments and shops, or use it to accommodate women and kids left homeless due to violent/abusive partners, or even the charities like Simon and Focus?

Sure to hell with the homeless men.

HeidiHeidi · 27-11-2012 08:13PM

The Central Library idea is the best one I've heard so far.

Celly Smunt · 27-11-2012 08:14PM

aloyisious wrote: »

When the CB Staff leave the building for their new premises, what do you think the vacant building should be used for?

Would you turn it over to the Arts, turn it over to the Temple Bar Business people for apartments and shops, or use it to accommodate women and kids left homeless due to violent/abusive partners, or even the charities like Simon and Focus?

Me Bollocks would I.

marketty · 27-11-2012 08:16PM

McDonald's/Starbucks etc.
Ya know, something nice

Fr_Dougal · 27-11-2012 08:17PM

Maybe a Tesco.

HeidiHeidi · 27-11-2012 08:37PM

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Maybe a Tesco.

Wouldn't surprise me in the least.

Anita Blow · 27-11-2012 08:37PM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

The Central Library idea is the best one I've heard so far.

Is that about giving BoI the Central Bank building in exchange for College Green and turning that into a library?

Heard it on the radio and think it's a brilliant idea. Can't fathom why such an important building (College Green) is essentially closed to the public

HeidiHeidi · 27-11-2012 08:39PM

Anita Blow wrote: »

Is that about giving BoI the Central Bank building in exchange for College Green and turning that into a library?

Heard it on the radio and think it's a brilliant idea. Can't fathom why such an important building (College Green) is essentially closed to the public

I think I've heard that option as well, but a good while back I heard a proposal to make the Central Bank into the library itself, which I think would be a fanastic idea.

NegativeCreep · 27-11-2012 09:47PM

One massive nightclub with actual good music. It would be brilliant!

WoollyRedHat · 27-11-2012 09:55PM

NegativeCreep wrote: »

One massive nightclub with actual good music. It would be brilliant!

Like a proper Ministry of Sound or something. How big is the Central Bank on the inside anyway?

steve9859 · 27-11-2012 09:56PM

It should be the library. Having the library of a capital city stuck away upstairs in a pretty shabby shopping centre is ridiculous....

NegativeCreep · 27-11-2012 09:57PM

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Like a proper Ministry of Sound or something. How big is the Central Bank on the inside anyway?

I'd say if a few interior walls were taken out it'd be massive. Then with the different floors you could have different music types and stuff. It would be so good :pac:

Grimebox · 27-11-2012 09:59PM

steve9859 wrote: »

It should be the library. Having the library of a capital city stuck away upstairs in a pretty shabby shopping centre is ridiculous....

Where's this now?

WoollyRedHat · 27-11-2012 10:01PM

NegativeCreep wrote: »

I'd say if a few interior walls were taken out it'd be massive. Then with the different floors you could have different music types and stuff. It would be so good :pac:

Sounds fantastic. We could have it as a library during the day to please the wordly folk as well.

luckyglen88 · 27-11-2012 10:02PM

Grimebox wrote: »

Where's this now?

The building is massive was in it as part of open house Dublin great view of the city from the top floor.

NegativeCreep · 27-11-2012 10:04PM

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Sounds fantastic. We could have it as a library during the day to please the wordly folk as well.

Yeah that'd be grand :L
And the government could grant it the extended hours license thing just to make sure people actually go there and it doesn't close down after a few months.

I'm getting excited already and it's not even happening :pac:

admiralofthefleet · 27-11-2012 10:04PM

burn it down with all the goths and emos that hang around outside it every saturday

markpb · 27-11-2012 10:05PM

Grimebox wrote: »

Where's this now?

The central library is in Ilac.

Duckworth_Luas · 27-11-2012 10:06PM

I'd turn it into a Spar, for convenient shopping.

Then inside the Spar I'd put a Londis, so you could have convenient shopping while you shop.

Inside the Londis I'd then open a Centra, for convenient shopping while you shop conveniently while you shop.

Inside that I'd have a Mace and inside that again a Costcutter.

You can never get enough convenience stores!

WoollyRedHat · 27-11-2012 10:11PM

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Yeah that'd be grand :L
And the government could grant it the extended hours license thing just to make sure people actually go there and it doesn't close down after a few months.

I'm getting excited already and it's not even happening :pac:

This is clearly your mission in life, go out and bring the mecca club to our city!
Mecca, there's your name.

admiralofthefleet · 27-11-2012 10:14PM

steve9859 wrote: »

It should be the library. Having the library of a capital city stuck away upstairs in a pretty shabby shopping centre is ridiculous....

the ilac isnt shabby

NegativeCreep · 27-11-2012 10:16PM

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

This is clearly your mission in life, go out and bring the mecca club to our city!
Mecca, there's your name.

Don't worry, I'll sort it :L

WoollyRedHat · 27-11-2012 10:19PM

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Don't worry, I'll sort it :L

I hope so, we need a proper club, and it's location is ideal! Other names, Nucleus or Galaxy.

NegativeCreep · 27-11-2012 10:21PM

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

I hope so, we need a proper club, and it's location is ideal! Other names, Nucleus or Galaxy.

I'm rubbish at names

Nucleus sounds good

SHOVELLER · 27-11-2012 10:29PM

Frank McDonald's idea makes the most sense. Bank of Ireland to move out of College Green into the Central Bank building with the old Parliament House to be turned into a proper city centre library. Also College Green should be pedestrianised but that is another story.

Also the Central Bank building is hideous. Ok not the appalling mess that is Liberty Hall but in an ideal world it should be pulled down. As it is the architect erected completely **** buildings all around the city.

grizzly · 27-11-2012 10:32PM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

the ilac isnt shabby

The Ilac is were dreams go to die.

NegativeCreep · 27-11-2012 10:35PM

I don't see the point in having it as a library tbh. Tourists won't go to it as you have the libraries in Trinity with the book of Kells and everything else. People won't travel all the way into the city centre to use it as there are libraries closer to where everyone lives. Libraries are crap anyway. In the future I see no need for them, books will all be online and you can use free internet in nearly every coffee shop these days. Pointless.

Lapin · 27-11-2012 10:36PM

As the former Central Bank it would make an ideal museum to the history of Irish banking fúck ups of recent years that have landed us in the mess we're in now.

Only problem is, the place mightn't be big enough to house such an exhibition of incompitence.

Dame St Central Bank building

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