Patrick st renovations?

djdunny

Any one know what's going on at patrick st? There's scaffolding along the majority of the block. Are they just sprucing the place up for a potential tenant or is there something bigger planned for the area?

dave 27

is the opera centre started? i read that the site clearence was to begin around now

TheGimp

Probably going to hang a portrait of Richard Lynch.:D

lockman

dave 27 wrote: »

is the opera centre started? i read that the site clearence was to begin around now

According to the Leader, work has started on preserving some of the historic buildings.

http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/local/1m-conservation-fund-to-kickstart-limerick-s-opera-centre-1-3841269

It will be 'years' before proper work starts.

DaveNoCheese

Heard that they are making the buildings safe as they are starting to deteriorate. Likes of removing all the fascia, old business signs and windows.

Itsdacraic

The glass is being replaced with sheets of plywood :rolleyes:

MarkR

I hope they paint panes of glass and flowers etc on them. That'll fool the tourists. Anyone remember the creepy one that used to be on Thomas Street?

Boarded up door had a picture of an old lady peeking out of the door. Scared a drunken friend at one stage.:)

europa11

Itsdacraic wrote: »

The glass is being replaced with sheets of plywood :rolleyes:

Great, at least the local graffiti "artists" will have yet another playground to spray their unintelligible names and scrawls on.

They've done so much of late to enhance the citys appearance it can almost be described as the Athens of the North. The Greek capital seems equally infested judging by recent pictures from there. :rolleyes:

I suppose bulldozing those rat-infested crumbling edifices on Patrick and Ellen Streets, even to temporarily create an open space (if only to curse the darkness of that area) is beyond the thinkng of our munificent Council.

pigtown

Well I'd definately be against bulldozing them. First of all the huge hole in the city would look terrible and secondly it would ruin the character of the area (Arthurs Quay springs to mind). Certainly bulldoze the middle of the site but keep the facade.

highlydebased

I'd love to see how the inside looks after being derelict for so long