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Limerick City Building Projects
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27-10-2008 5:18pm#1
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Wow, that's good news
I would imagine that, the best use of the ESB site, is to have many sectional compenants separated to make a high rise like St.Georges quay in Dublin.
As this site would have dual frontage, one facing Henry street and the other facing the river.
I.e On street level, it would have 8 - 9 storey's then have the tower elements rising from 20 - 28 storeys at set back and towards the river. East tower should be the highest, as it will blend in with the Riverpoint complex adjacent. I would also imagine, that the ESB site would well to want to take the title off of Cork, to have the tallest tower in Ireland again, since Limerick started the trend in recent years:D
Any ideas? This should be a promising scheme. What are the people of Limerick saying? huh, more vision is needed, if this is to be a breathtaking project. This plot of land, I'm sure is a real diamond for national developers
How is the Hanging gardens development going on Henry's street, the recent development that is going on? I wasn't a fan of it in the beginning going by the plan, with the Box type look, but I'm hoping it will look better in real life. any updates?
Any news on the last remaining underdeveloped sites on Henry street, such as Symths, any vision for these building's. Henry street seems to get attention from Developers on a national level.
What I like about the recent city developments. Is that there is in fact alot of what's proposed and newly built are high quality and high density. If only much more of derelicts slots left.
Henry street just feels like a European city street to me, not to sure why I get that feeling. But it was defenately not the Henry street 11 years ago!
Are land values rising in the city centre, it does seem that investment is still very attractive, no matter what corner of the CBD, whether's is Corbally, Riverfront, the Georgion, or the back streets such as Thomas street, there seems to be investment and redevelopment evenly divided in many parts of the city, which is a good thing to see.
In Other news, I did hear rumours, that the Arthurs quay project, is still in the stakes, and the developers are very keen to develop this plot. It's is probably even more valuable in land than, even Opera S.C. In addition, Once Opera is in, I think Arthurs quay will have to be knocked. What should be there is a square or a plaza, the heart of the city. Which naturally is in fact. Build on Arthurs quay park and replace with riverside walks etc, and have a viewing point on one of the towers that is proposed. (in the recent pics, showing a building around 15 storys on the park) Have the park moved to where the footfall is at where the Arthurs quay S.C fronts to O'Connell Street. This is logic and it makes much more sense. Arthurs quay doesn't fit as a park, it should of just been a riverside walk.
Anyway that's my two cent's for now
Off to bed. But I'm sure Limerick is looking promising over the tough times ahead, I can see great changes in the city coming over the years.0 -
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Ya I agree, AQ park seems very disorganised and way too open, i know that sounds bad but the City Council need only take 1 look at The Peoples Park and remodel the entire AQ park on that layout, just on a smaller scale. That park is well maintened, brilliantly designed and a pleasure to walk through. Maybe that is because it actually resembles a park, on the other hand AQ looks like a badly planned open space with a few cheap trees scattered around to look like something, definetly not a park though. Removing the railings was a step forward, but they should either remodel, and I mean extensively remodel the entire space properly or turn the site into another quarter of the city, and move the park itself somwhere where more than 10 people may frequent it every day.
Nowadays it seems like people may occasionaly go in eating lunch at dinner time but you dont see many people actually strolling through, and maybe that is because it is a health hazard entering that park after 6pm when the homeless and whinos congregrate for some ritualistic animal killings. No but seriously it is very dangerous after that time because I know people who got mugged there a few times, the people use the alias of ''can i use your fone a minute'' and anyone who stupidly enough actually lets them use it will find them doing olympic speeds running out the gate grinning with their newfound phone. The park has so much potential but one of the reasons I think its not getting much attention is because of the absolute appaling state that Liddy Street is in. And the effect of that street is slowly creeping up and casting its shadow on Sarsfield Street, a once decent street that is turning into another ghetto. City Council seriously needs to get its act together and it seems like members of these boards would make far better city planners than the twats that are employed to do so.
The main thourofare into the city now has the lovely welcoming image of a horrible, dilapadated Dunnes Building which seems like its made out of LEGO, and on the other side a closed hotel building. In one sense placing increased interest and effort on Bedford Row is a good thing but it is causing the other decent streets to become bleak, run down shadows of their former selves with maybe one or 2 shops remaining instead of full occupancy. Nearly all of the main routes in the city are dominated by lifeless, dead streets with many boarded up signs ie Patrick Street, Upper William street is not very pleasing on the eye and it probaly wont be long until theres drives bys on our main O Connell street which will be referenced as ''Da Hood'' in a few years to come if those fools dont get their act together.
The councillors seem to want to remain in office for as long as they can while trying in vain to do as little as they can judging by the standard of the City today. They dont actually seem to care at all in regards to how the city turns out. A few improvements here and there and the city would look fine, maybe even comparable to the other cities of Ireland. The entire block on Liddy Street needs to be demolished, aswell as Sarsfield Dunnes complex- construction needs to actually begin on the Opera centre and William Street needs a major cleanup job. But I dont think Arthurs Quay Shopping Centre should go- nobody wants a repeat of The Savoy, its still relatively new, but one thing the City drastically needs is a Cinema, its laughable that there isnt a cinema in one of the biggest cities in Ireland. Who knows it might inject a bit of life into the city after 7 pm, something this city desperately needs. I think upper O Connell Street and its minor streets have a lot of potential in enlarging the citys shopping scene- right now it seems very boring, strictly a business street with solicitors, accounting offices there and not much more to offer. Has a lot of hidden scope that the Council dont seem to see. They seem more interested in slapping Pvc windows in historic windows rather than actually fitting proper windows. If they are going to put effort into something, they might aswell do it right.0 -
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I'd love to know what sort of gainful employment you have to be so flippant about the big challanges facing the country, that you somehow think you are immune from the broader economy.
I hope it's recession proofed!
I could be doing anything from cleaning up dog s**t, to running Ryan Air.
Do you know what though?
I live within my means.
I own everything I have.
I pay off my credit card every month.
I have no loans, no HP, no debts.
If I want a holiday, I save for it, I don't take a loan out.
I don't have a 100% mortgage!
That's how you become recession proof.
Simple.
You can't do that, it's on your head, so take responsibility for it.
Stop passing the buck.
Do you know the average level of debt in this country?
People were living in houses they didn't own, driving cars they didn't own, going on holidays they didn't pay for, and wering clothes that the were paying for with credit cards, that they were in turn paying off with other credit cards.
Do some simple maths, and you'll be fine.
You earn 2,000 a month, don't spend more than 2,000 a month!
Well done, you're now recession proof!You're talking some rubbish there if you actually believe we are just in a 'blip'. It's true that there is a lot of sensationalism in the media but this recession is very real. The world economy is on its knees and not many people will escape the clutches of this recession. There are people being let go all over the place, just look at the jobless figures rising by the week. I, along with the other staff in our company had to put a pay cut in place in an effort to reduce costs, just last week. It will take a couple of years before any normality is reinstated.+1, one eighth of the entire population on unemployment benefit.
The unemployment rate has gone up by 0.7% in the last 5 years.
0.7%!
5 years ago we were booming and ruling the world in the "Celtic Tiger" at 4.3% unemployment.
Now the world is going to end and it's judegment day cause it's at 5%!
And Aidric, will you listen to yourself?!
"the world economy is on it's knees".
"escapt the clutches of recession"
Get them titles out of a newspaper?!:rolleyes:
Back in the 80's we had unemployment of 17.3%
17.3%!!!
Almost 4 times what it is now.
That is a recesion.
This is nothing, take your noses out of the newspapers!
Allow me to put this in the simplest posible terms.
Now you see how out of context this is?
If not, go and wait for terrorists to take over the world, only for us all to be killed by killer bees anyway.0 -
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