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Phibsborough, Dublin 7

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  • #872
    tropple
    Registered Users Posts: 53 ✭✭tropple


    Shlippery wrote: »
    Have they finished that Grangegorman plaza yet actually near the luas?! haven't gone that direction in the past few days but looked like it was nearly finished...(after a loooooooooooong time)

    It seems to be finished, but not open yet. I think they might working on lighting / landscaping at the minute


  • #873
    hankless
    Registered Users Posts: 241 ✭✭hankless


    dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »
    Wasnt there supposed to be a hotel being built on that whole section from Lorettas to the old cinema?



    Apparently so. The space extends way back and, last I heard, it was going to be a Hotel - possibly a Jury's.

    The empty and dilapidated Tony Murray Display store is for sale separately and seeing as that goes back into the grounds of this new hotel I cant understand why the developers haven't bought it too and availed of more space.

    Does anyone know why Doyle's Corner isn't back open yet? Not a peep out of them on Facebook and they would be suitable to reopen now as a restaurant and serve food. Also I'd like if Kennedy's reopend, I need a Pastrami melt :p


  • #874
    ThePerfectE
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭ThePerfectE


    It'll be interesting to see if anything ever comes of the place for let beside Camile and Rua. The stretch of vacant shops in between McDonalds and the estate agents would be great to see get filled with something.


  • #875
    Alvin Holler
    Registered Users Posts: 383 ✭✭Alvin Holler


    Old cinema site for sale

    https://www.irishtimes.com/business/commercial-property/former-des-kelly-showrooms-in-phibsboro-guiding-at-5m-1.4309002?mode=amp


  • #876
    petejmk
    Registered Users Posts: 211 ✭✭petejmk


    Interesting that Knight Frank are handling the sale. They're also selling the Tony Murray Displays site. It's a fantastic development opportunity for the village but will probably end up as student accommodation unfortunately.


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  • #877
    dr.kenneth noisewater
    Registered Users Posts: 5,630 ✭✭✭dr.kenneth noisewater


    Traffic seems to have got so much worse through Doyles corner since they changed the traffic light sequence to allow pedestrians cross all sides at once


  • #878
    Beersmith
    Registered Users Posts: 1,391 ✭✭✭Beersmith


    Traffic is really bad there for the last few months now when the city elsewhere is a breeze. Not good for the future alright.


  • #879
    Tow
    Registered Users Posts: 6,362 ✭✭✭Tow


    Alvin Holler wrote: »
    Old cinema site for sale

    https://www.irishtimes.com/business/commercial-property/former-des-kelly-showrooms-in-phibsboro-guiding-at-5m-1.4309002?mode=amp

    This was shut soon after the old man died. Not sure why, as they spent a lot of money on it only a couple of years before.

    When is the money (including lost growth) Michael Noonan took in the Pension Levy going to be paid back?



  • #880
    hankless
    Registered Users Posts: 241 ✭✭hankless


    dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »
    Traffic seems to have got so much worse through Doyles corner since they changed the traffic light sequence to allow pedestrians cross all sides at once


    On the flip side, crossing the road here has become a lot safer. Even though people continue to break the red light, the delay in time from Red Man to Green Man, and the inclusion of being able to cross diagonally, is much better imo.


  • #881
    ongarboy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,201 ✭✭✭ongarboy


    Alvin Holler wrote: »
    Old cinema site for sale

    https://www.irishtimes.com/business/commercial-property/former-des-kelly-showrooms-in-phibsboro-guiding-at-5m-1.4309002?mode=amp

    It was also an ice rink in the late 90s when I lived there. Silver Skate rink I think it was called.


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  • #882
    dr.kenneth noisewater
    Registered Users Posts: 5,630 ✭✭✭dr.kenneth noisewater


    hankless wrote: »
    On the flip side, crossing the road here has become a lot safer. Even though people continue to break the red light, the delay in time from Red Man to Green Man, and the inclusion of being able to cross diagonally, is much better imo.

    I agree that its much better and safer as I often walk that way but I think they need to have it green longer for cars both ways as well. Both lanes are backed up to at least the church between 8-7 most days it seems


  • #883
    Zipppy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,054 ✭✭✭Zipppy


    dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »
    I agree that its much better and safer as I often walk that way but I think they need to have it green longer for cars both ways as well. Both lanes are backed up to at least the church between 8-7 most days it seems

    The longer green time you give to traffic, the longer pedestrians have to wait.

    Pedestrians are now the priority,.and rightly so.


  • #884
    petejmk
    Registered Users Posts: 211 ✭✭petejmk


    The signalling time changes have made the village much more pedestrian friendly. Giving pedestrians priority at lights has really highlighted the volume of traffic snailing through Phibsborough at all hours of the day. Surely the next step for the council has to be reducing that traffic flow. I'd love to know what the air quality is like at the moment. It can't be good for those of us living here.


  • #885
    Lux23
    Registered Users Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭Lux23


    ongarboy wrote: »
    It was also an ice rink in the late 90s when I lived there. Silver Skate rink I think it was called.

    I used to go there every Saturday, a coach would pick is up from Swords and take us there for two hours. It cost 3 quid each. Them were the days!


  • #886
    Beersmith
    Registered Users Posts: 1,391 ✭✭✭Beersmith


    Zipppy wrote: »
    The longer green time you give to traffic, the longer pedestrians have to wait.

    Pedestrians are now the priority,.and rightly so.

    I don't think they are mutually exclusive.

    Example rough guess Current system:
    1min north/south cars
    1min east/west cars
    1min pedestrians
    Repeat

    That means pedestrians have to wait 2min

    It would be better for traffic if it was:
    2min North/south cars
    1min pedestrians
    2min east/west cars
    1min pedestrians
    Repeat

    The above would mean the exact same wait time for pedestrians but long times for the backlog of traffic to ease. The quick changing of lights as is means traffic has to stop and wasted time while another direction has to start moving again. The more this happens to more slowly traffic moves.


  • #887
    FarmerBob
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭FarmerBob


    Agree fully with proposal, however there's one issue.
    DCC now have a policy of 'feck the cars'...let them queue.
    If you frustrate enough car drivers and keep them stuck in traffic, the hope is that it'll force them to cycle / walk.
    Obviously the problem.here is that so many live to far away to cycle or need to drive because of work or perhaps age/disability.
    Policy wont work and city will become a ghost town..

    Beersmith wrote: »
    I
    don't think they are mutually exclusive.

    Example rough guess Current system:
    1min north/south cars
    1min east/west cars
    1min pedestrians
    Repeat

    That means pedestrians have to wait 2min

    It would be better for traffic if it was:
    2min North/south cars
    1min pedestrians
    2min east/west cars
    1min pedestrians
    Repeat

    The above would mean the exact same wait time for pedestrians but long times for the backlog of traffic to ease. The quick changing of lights as is means traffic has to stop and wasted time while another direction has to start moving again. The more this happens to more slowly traffic moves.


  • #888
    Interested Observer
    Registered Users Posts: 12,999 ✭✭✭✭Interested Observer


    Anyone know of a local electrician who might do a few small jobs in the house for us? Moving a few switches, new sockets, putting up some lights, that sort of thing.


  • #889
    homerun_homer
    Registered Users Posts: 7,024 ✭✭✭homerun_homer


    Does anyone know why they blocked the Rathdown to Grangegorman Lower road with giant flower pots and bollards? I got stuck making my up from Smithfield this week and it was bizarre. The road is very wide so doesn't make sense to cut it off as a cyclist/pedestrian through-way.

    It seems a bit daft to have cut off that through way for locals, pushing them to add to the traffic madness on Constitution Hill/Phibsboro centre, or back out via Stoneybatter.


  • #890
    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭tricky D


    Thread on it here: https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058093777


  • #891
    eastwest
    Registered Users Posts: 1,610 ✭✭✭eastwest


    On a positive note, it's great to see Lorettas back open. Food better than ever on Friday night, our first venture into a restaurant since the world changed.
    And yes, we felt safe, good social distancing etc. Might do it again soon.


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  • #892
    dr.kenneth noisewater
    Registered Users Posts: 5,630 ✭✭✭dr.kenneth noisewater


    I see the old cinema for sale, was there not supposed to be a hotel going in there?


  • #893
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,523 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Never applied for permission for the hotel


  • #894
    cgcsb
    Registered Users Posts: 9,266 ✭✭✭cgcsb


    Would be nice if the NCR was bus and bike only between Mr Tubbs and Two boys brew. There would be one bus lane and one cycle lane per direction and an additional 2m of footpath on both sides, enough to introduce outdoor seating. The car lobby would be mad but sure look they're always mad. Something has to be done for the orbital bus corridors anyway.


  • #895
    Interested Observer
    Registered Users Posts: 12,999 ✭✭✭✭Interested Observer


    Pedestrian killed outside Tesco earlier in a road traffic accident. RIP :(


  • #896
    Shlippery
    Registered Users Posts: 2,255 ✭✭✭Shlippery


    Woodstock still under massive renovations..seem to have timed it 'just right'...seems they've rebranded as 'Monck's Place' - hoping still the same people involved.

    Great spot for a carvery / coffee!!


  • #897
    morritty
    Registered Users Posts: 887 ✭✭✭morritty


    Shlippery wrote: »
    Woodstock still under massive renovations..seem to have timed it 'just right'...seems they've rebranded as 'Monck's Place' - hoping still the same people involved.

    Great spot for a carvery / coffee!!

    It is.


  • #898
    tropple
    Registered Users Posts: 53 ✭✭tropple


    Phibsboro back on the list of TimeOut's '40 Coolest Neighbourhoods'

    The list doesn't mean a lot, but it's nice to see and I do agree with this point in particular from the article:

    'While the pandemic has hollowed out parts of Dublin city centre, this northside area has valiantly weathered these truly bizarre times'


  • #899
    Beersmith
    Registered Users Posts: 1,391 ✭✭✭Beersmith


    Yeah doesn't mean anything. The just got amy o Connor whoever she is as the irish contact to pick somewhere in Ireland. She probably just happens to live on the Northside.


  • #900
    tropple
    Registered Users Posts: 53 ✭✭tropple


    Beersmith wrote: »
    Yeah doesn't mean anything. The just got amy o Connor whoever she is as the irish contact to pick somewhere in Ireland. She probably just happens to live on the Northside.

    Yeah, I thought that too. The site says over 40,000 people voted, so I'm not sure exactly how it works


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  • #901
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users Posts: 13,702 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    In fairness it is a great area, I've always loved it, as a kid the floodlights and shopping centre looked so huge when going to Bohs games.
    Lots of wealthy people have been buying the redbricks for a while now, I know of 2 barristers anyway and a former boss of mine that did. No idea of rent prices around there but I would imagine they are astronomical these days. It's a bit like a grittier Northside Ranelagh or Rathmines, which is my kinda place.
    I would give anything to live there but unfortunately people like myself who live alone could never afford it, so I'm marooned in drab suburbia!


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