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Dublin Docklands

darkman2 · 2006-06-10 19:02:50

Hi, just wondering whether you think the DDDA is doing a good job in relation to the redevelopment of the Docklands. What do you think of the new buildings and amenities, the general feel of the area? Could they be doing more? Personally I think the quays east of Matt Talbot Bridge are looking great and its very modern and…

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10-06-2006 8:02pm

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Hi, just wondering whether you think the DDDA is doing a good job in relation to the redevelopment of the Docklands. What do you think of the new buildings and amenities, the general feel of the area? Could they be doing more?

Personally I think the quays east of Matt Talbot Bridge are looking great and its very modern and generally very pleasent. Of course its a work in progress but I like it. What do you think?:)

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#2 10-06-2006 8:21pm
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I live on City Quay and i think the new builings look fantastic and it's certainly better than the whole area along both sides of the quays being derelict but DDDA themselves are lying bast*rds who have screwed the locals!!

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#3 11-06-2006 3:31pm
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Anto McC wrote:

DDDA themselves are lying bast*rds who have screwed the locals!!

Can you elaborate?

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#4 11-06-2006 3:37pm
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They made a lot of promises to the locals to get support for their ventures and think only 1 of these promises have come to frutition!

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#5 13-06-2006 11:40am
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they published action area plans for the East Wall area in 2004 with the work stated due to be completed end of 2005. half way thru 2006 and not a stone lifted in the area.

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#6 13-06-2006 1:05pm
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I love the area, and I love the new bridge, but I really wish there was less uniformity in the building height. I'm a fan of tall buildings, and a few well designed unique towers would fit in well in the IFSC. I think the buildings that are there are certainly modern and nice enough, but from a distance, there is absolutely no skyline.

I heard rumour that Spencer Dock got the go ahead, is this true, and if so, is it at the cool original plans? I would imagine its probably been massively scaled back, height wise.

I'll be happy when Dublin has a proper skyline. (instead of one made of ancient TV ariels and the odd church spire!!)

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#7 13-06-2006 2:23pm
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heard something about matching twin towers down near the point. the u2 tower on the south side and a matching size tower on the point side.

more here

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#8 13-06-2006 2:31pm
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cool, good link Candyman, thanks. That artists impression looks like a high rise block of flats from Hong Kong!! At least we can rest assured that when things are built, they rarely look like the artists impressions! In this case, I kind of hope it doesnt anyway.

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