Diageo has big plans for the St James’s Gate site in Dublin. The company is planning to transform the area into a new ‘city quarter’, with a development partner due to be announced soon. Here’s what it could look like. #BetterDublin pic.twitter.com/5Cdjw3kMjr
— Dublin Chamber (@DubCham) August 26, 2019
Ew.
What St James’s Gate could look like?
Anywhere basically.
FIGHT!
Sponsored Link
What about hitting British-owned Diageo with a bill for all the free water they’re using? I’d say we could seize the entire, what, 24-acres? site and build enough housing there for maybe 10,000. And stop that infernal “hoppy” smell that pervades much of Dublin 7 and 8. Win-win.
How dare you!!! That “infernal hoppy smell” is a sirens song to binge drink. I smell it of a Friday and it signals the weekend
That’s not what hops smells like. It is roasting barley.
it’s a lovely smell, although you don’t notice it after living beside it long enough :)
I bloody did- Peir 19- several of my neighbours had to move because of respiratory problems during the summer months.
Has anyone actually checked the dust levels from that kip? God help anyone with COPD.
+1 the stink on the quays is sometimes dreadful.
I wonder how many of those buildings are listed? There are some beautiful structures- from around 1920’s I guess. It would be a crime to knock them- just to build another generic Smithfield.
I suppose they finally got their act together because of the government’s CPO threat.
Surely Blackpoo Towers….
what’s going in in Dublin 2? I work near Tara street and the amount of development is enormous, but it seems to be entirely at the direction of private developers. Office block and hotels all the way from Hawkin’s street down to the Grand canal.I don’t remember any discussion or civic plan, or any kind of conversation about how we wanted the city centre to evolve.
So far, its like a bog standard sub-urban office park anywere across Northern Europe. What little character had survived from Edwardian Dublin is being buried under a carpet of steel and glass blandness.
But at least there will be loads of quirky little coffee and doughnut shops!
i know, Ill miss the character of desolation and junky banter around the Townsend street area you speak of….bless…
needs more hotel
that’s fupping ugly
jesus. so Diageo to announce they’re joining in disfiguring our historic city with more of the same? good grief. and such a beatufil building they have there, steeped in history. Pure ignorance.
Hopefully they also have some funds allocated for a seagull massacre
That looks atrocious.
I love Galaxy Coffee!
Most of the area proposed for this quarter is just warehousing currently, behind the walls of Guinness on private property. While the proposal as it is doesn’t look great, its an improvement on what’s there now – possibly empty warehouses on private property.
Private property does not mean the buildings are not of historical or architectural importance- the biggest private land hoarders in Dublin ffs.
Besides, knowing Diageo- the entire thing will be crammed into 5% of the available free space just to get the government off their backs.
They own most of Thomas Street, which is lying vacant- let’s wait for the plans.
… don’t forget prehistorical and archaeological importance as well, Sou!
Building a big load of apartments close to the city centre?? – of course the usual ‘sheet suspects are objecting to the notion.
I’d imagine this is a softener upper for the public, ahead of announcing to move production to somewhere else, and then make some proper moolah out of its property portfolio.
Coz how are ye gonna make guinness if its got load of moustahiaoed scooter drinking hobos zipping about on flannel
The ignorance of this crew is shocking- frig all production happens in James? They can keep a small brewery and the brass plate- just pee off somewhere else.
Needs rebranding as a Co-Sharing Space. Or as we call it, a pub.