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Tivoli Theatre

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  • 04-08-2019 6:06pm
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    A Shropshire Lad
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    I see the knocked down the old Tivoli Theatre on Francis Street


    Anyone know whats going to be built there ?


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    Payton
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    Another great piece of Dublin gone. Id say it's either a hotel or some form of student accommodation.


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    odyssey06
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    Something called an Aparthotel is planned to replace it.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    A Shropshire Lad
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    Been there since 1934. I understand that Tivoli was a replacement of the Tivoli Variety theatre which was located on Burgh Quay until 1928

    Aparthotel, thats a new term on me !


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    Gavin "shels"
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    https://www.irishtimes.com/business/commercial-property/dws-plans-70m-staycity-aparthotel-on-tivoli-theatre-site-1.3766616


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    A Shropshire Lad
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    Dont know why they are giving planning permission for short term tourist lets when the city is crying out for long term accomodation for people who live and work here.



    Its a similar story down at the docklands. Thousands of square feet of new office space is being built with no thought as to where the employees are going to live.


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    Caranica
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    Payton wrote: »
    Another great piece of Dublin gone. Id say it's either a hotel or some form of student accommodation.

    It says a kip! Needed massive refurbishment, your feet shouldn't stick to the floor in a theatre, whatever about a pub.


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    wakka12
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    Calling it a great bit of dublin is a stretch and a half. But ideally it should have been maintained as some kind of cultural space, there are too many new hotels being built and should be much more variety of uses of buildings under construction in the city centre than hotel and student accomodation. And the new hotel proposal looks terribly ugly, and will make the street feel very claustrophobic. The open space provided at that point was a nice sense relief from the otherwise narrow street


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