Broadstone Station, before and after
Following an outcry over the neglect of Broadstone Station, Phibsborough, Dublin 7….
Residents’ groups of the Broadstone/Phibsborough area write:
Many thanks to Broadsheet readership who added their support to our petition last week. 1,400 signatories have demanded that lazy Luas Cross City engineering must not be permitted to permanently conceal Midland Great Western Railway’s sublime architecture, and that they build to the original Railway Order plan following their costly construction mistake.
Supporters are invited help us demonstrate our unease, and deliver the petition to the LCC Project team tomorrow at 2pm, in front of the wonderful and sadly neglected Broadstone Station.
We will be joined by guest speakers who will speak on matters historical, environmental & architectural.
Bring a placard – have your say on the destruction of historic Dublin.
Previously: Neoclassic Neglect
Thanks Paul Mcarthy
if it’s different from the original drawings the probably submitted a change request to build the wall. look for that.
Keep protesting. Luas engineers will leave that monstrosity in place if you let them. If they say otherwise, ask them about the state of Rialto Bridge.
And Liam Whelan bridge..
These guys have form (and they’re ready to pour concrete into it!)
Its under construction , what are the issues with it when it will be finished?
http://ggda.ie/assets/Broadstone-Image.png
http://www.luascrosscity.ie/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Broadstone_1.jpg
The answer is in the images you posted.
Your images show a glass parapet/railing that you can see the old station building through. What they’ve built instead is a concrete parapet that you cannot see the station building through. It is not a temporary structure for during works- it stays forever.
Luas engineers just love concrete as they have loads of it, and couldn’t be bothered giving any thought to a more fitting alternative. Don’t care what it looks like or impact on the area; they live somewhere else.
Do you have actual proof that It’s going to stay like that? You don’t think maybe they don’t want to put the glass in just yet?
Luas are quoted saying just that in the Irish Times last month. Health & Safety you see. The locals would hardly be protesting so doggedly if Luas were giving them better news. Besides, Luas have history of making a dog’s dinner of existing heritage structures and just walking away.
http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/the-sublime-obscured-an-irishman-s-diary-on-the-once-great-vista-of-broadstone-station-1.2830370
The problem is the sanitized drawing shows an aerial view which makes it look nice. The view from the ground is absolutely awful.
Hope it goes well. Such a brutal example of planning, or lack thereof. Even if it’s kept as it for now, it can’t possibly last into the future.