Monthly Archives: October 2012

Of Mies And Men

Admin at 12:07 pm October 4, 2012

The Bank of Ireland head office on Baggot Street, Dublin, designed by Ronnie Tallon, of architects Scott Tallon Walker

Plans by HKR Architects included proposals to add storeys and put an atrium over the central plaza…

…The proposed changes were rejected by Dublin City Council planners – who described it as “one of the most important Modernist buildings in Ireland”

It is considered that the proposed development would not protect the special character of the protected facade have a significant undesirable impact on the integrity and Miesian character of the complex”.

The Dublin building, whose two phases were completed in 1968 and 1978, has the same type of facade used on Mies van der Rohe’s 1950s Seagram Building in New York.

Iconic Bank HQ Down From €212m To €30-€35m (Irish Times)

Almost universally loathed by the public and adored by architects, the Bank went to great lengths to build the project against the wishes of nearly everyone, including demolishing Georgian houses at 5am on a Sunday morning.

Bank Of Ireland Baggot Street, 1978 (Archiseek)

Classic Parking (Apple Green)

Admin at 11:24 am October 4, 2012

Jason Walsh writes:

On the N11. One of the smallest cars a person can buy taking up nearly (the bumper is just over the line) three parking spaces. Three.

A Limerick A Day

Admin at 11:05 am October 4, 2012

At last the debates can begin,
A tedious evening of spin,
It seems Mitt’s the man,
With a new “Five Point Plan”,
A most unoriginal sin.

John Moynes

Murder, She Wrote

Admin at 10:42 am October 4, 2012

OC writes:

just saw Ursula ‘The Enforcer’ Halligan [15 minutes ago] going through all the papers with a pen in Costa cafe on Nassau St, Dublin, frantically underlining items on the primary care centre debacle. James Reilly watch out.

Would YOU Live Next Door To This Man?

Admin at 10:28 am October 4, 2012

OR the bloke in the baseball cap?

YOU decide.

This morning’s Irish Independent.

‘Settling’ a score for Big Phil.

Thanks Wayne F

The Trees Of Lennox Street

Admin at 10:09 am October 4, 2012

Aisloy writes:

Lennox St [Portobello, Dublin] is a beautiful tree-lined street and Dublin City Council want to do this (above). Please help stop them.

Viva Le Squee

Admin at 9:54 am October 4, 2012

President Higgins arriving at Santiago Arturo Merino Benitez Airport , Chile, with Ambassador James Sinclair Manley (left) on the first day of Squee and Sabina’s 12-day official visit to South America, which includes trips to Brazil and Argentina.

(Chris Bellew/Fennells/Aras/Photocall Ireland)

Is That U?

Admin at 9:48 am October 4, 2012

Outside The Bailey, Duke Street, Dublin, c mid-1980s.

James T writes:

I was looking up an old Irish punk band, Ciunas, and came across some excellent pics by Wally Cassidy. The girl on the right looks like Sinead O’Connor. Anyone else agree?

Never mind that.

Who is existential hipster lamppost guy?

Meanwhile, On Camden Street

Admin at 9:10 am October 4, 2012

Colm writes:

Anyone know what’s going in beside Centra, Camden Street [Dublin]? Looks very Crackbird?

Broadsheet Trailer Park: The Lone Ranger

Admin at 8:50 am October 4, 2012

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoVhgaj6PiE

What you may need to know:

1. Johnny Depp is Tonto, and the dude who played the Winklevoss twins in The Social Network (2010) is The Lone Ranger, although he doesn’t get a look in.

2. No ‘hi-ho Silver and away’? No William Tell overture? What’s going on here?

3. Lone Ranger was briefly shelved prior to production, while they pared down the budget. Word suggests it still cost $250 million.

4. Oscar-winning filmmaker Gore Verbinski won his Acadamy Award for another Johnny Depp western, Rango (2011).

5. Yes, Johnny Depp has a crow on his head. Why? Because he’s Johnny Depp.

6. They might as well have called it Tonto.

Release Date: Summer 2013