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Grafton Street

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    #62
    loyatemu
    Registered Users Posts: 14,945 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    crushproof wrote: »
    What other colours could you go for?

    Gold!

    We're worth it...


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    #63
    Cienciano
    Registered Users Posts: 14,294 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    hfallada wrote: »
    Nothing says Irish culture and heritage like a manufactured red brick that can be found in most cheap drive ways across Dublin. The old brick was horrific and can be found cheaply in any building providers. It was slippy when wet and was nearly repaired every single day. Grafton St so busy you never look down at the ground but what's infront of you.
    The white bricks were, but the red bricks weren't.
    I prefered the red, but as someone pointed out, Grafton Street is pretty much a carbon copy of every UK high street, it's not unique at all, this latest change doesn't really make it lose anything unique.


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    #64
    hfallada
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,180 ✭✭✭hfallada


    Cienciano wrote: »
    The white bricks were, but the red bricks weren't.
    I prefered the red, but as someone pointed out, Grafton Street is pretty much a carbon copy of every UK high street, it's not unique at all, this latest change doesn't really make it lose anything unique.

    But Dublins buildings are a carbon copy of UK cities. We were the second city of the British Empire until around the 1820s. We all imagine that Dublin is an extremely unique city, but it is like most UK cities. Your only logic for not liking the stone is that its very British? But there is only so many natural stones available in the world and if we hadnt picked a British stone, we might have picked one that made Grafton street seem like a German high street.


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    #65
    Cienciano
    Registered Users Posts: 14,294 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    hfallada wrote: »
    But Dublins buildings are a carbon copy of UK cities. We were the second city of the British Empire until around the 1820s. We all imagine that Dublin is an extremely unique city, but it is like most UK cities. Your only logic for not liking the stone is that its very British? But there is only so many natural stones available in the world and if we hadnt picked a British stone, we might have picked one that made Grafton street seem like a German high street.

    Think you jumped the gun a bit there. I'm not a fan of the stone, but just because of the looks. Couldn't give a rats ass where it's from and where it's similar too.


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    #66
    uli84
    Registered Users Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭uli84


    It's superugly, seen it today for the first time


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