Jack Ascinine writes:
“And so it begins… Finally investigating how they are going to clean up Grafton Street and possibly put the sealant on the granite that they promised. They’ll be a long time at it with that buffer.”
Anyone?
Previously: Grafton Street: The New Paving!
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I have pockets too. Can I get a job?
your pockets are way too deep clamps.
…and there’s a hole at the bottom of them. Oo-er.
About fecking time!
I wonder if they could also get rid of those too-loud buskers. Amps should be banned, I think.
bit harsh? just cos they annoy you on one street means the rest of the country has to suffer?
Too-loud buskers. Not all buskers.
They’re already limited to 80 decibels, around the noise level of a dishwasher.
http://dublincity.ie/sites/default/files/content/RecreationandCulture/CasualTradingLicence/Documents/StreetPerformersByeLaws2015.pdf
Except a dishwasher has more talent.
and beeps when it’s done
If they ban anything it should be those standing still people.
And slow walking tourists
and people mindlessly just coming to a full stop when you’d just caught a good slip stream…
+1 for the banning of amps. Like buskers and street performers but not when I can hear them from 50m away, and when I can still hear the last one while passing the next one.
TooOOOOOTTTTTally agree. Ban the bloody amps. I love there being buskers on grafton st (or anywhere else) but this amped up nonsense is a pain in the ear holes.
That lad’s no idiot. He’s on an hourly rate.
“Start her up there Tommy, we’ll keep watching to make sure nothing goes wrong!”
That new paving is f*cking horrible, disgraceful for one our main thoroughfares
It looked dirty the day they put it down.
The old red brick was so nice and colourful
“The old red brick was so nice and colorful”
It was poorly maintained and the cream tiles were a slip hazard in wet weather.
I wish they’d replaced it with an updated version of the old red cobble lock, that’s such a concrete-coloured granite.
Clean or not, the new paving is horrific. And the new street lights look like they came out of a Kinder Egg.
Agree. Grafton Street now looks like any homogenised city shopping / high street. Bland, gum-dotted concrete, cloned lights, cloned stores and incessant noise pollution from amps. A real shame.
just like every other high street in Engerland…..now then I know there’s a Boots but where’s the Iceland innit?
Sounds like you may have read / or would like to read the report they did in Britain on homogenised high streets and clone towns. Very interesting from a town-planning point of view. I don’t think Dublin City Council read it, alas.
http://b.3cdn.net/nefoundation/1733ceec8041a9de5e_ubm6b6t6i.pdf
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1470376/Rise-of-Britains-homogenised-high-street.html
you’re avin a turkish, mate. just follow peter andre..
Dublin isn’t a living city anymore- it has just been turned into a bland shopping center now, nothing more. All its character is now gone.
This is not sunny Spain or LA- red brick suited Dublin- white stone, concrete and steel just looks miserable in the rain. Shocking the way they have ruined the city in recent years.
ring-a-ring-a-rosie
as the light declines
Lol the pillar and the met have gone
The royal long since burned down
And the gays an’ all.
Not to mention those break dancers who think it’s fine to cordon off 95% of the street for themselves so they can spin on their heads.
I love breaking, but come on and get the fupp out of my way. Thanks.
Yeah, hop it buddy, hip hop it!
Yes. Only middle class street entertainers allowed.
It’s neither 1982 or the bronx mate.
This is how many fecks I give about the old paving, the new paving, and Grafton Street in general:
http://38.media.tumblr.com/1dfca2c3f356f2cae828cd5ec38a5088/tumblr_nm60n4PIqB1qb5gkjo1_400.gif
Just waiting on a few leaning shovels!!
Just enough to comment so? Gotcha.
Everyone’s a expert.