Areas Of Dublin

AN INTERESTING PROPERTY FOR SALE IN STONEYBATTER

March 16, 2023 by infomatique

54 ARBOUR HILL

When I was young one would would not haven chosen to live in the Arbour Hill area of Dublin but by the 1970s it started to become a very desirable location and over time houses there became expensive so I was a bit surprised to see this large building on the market for Euro 795,000. However, after seeing photographs of the interior I understand the price.

The auctioneer describes the property as follows: “No.54 represents an exciting development opportunity in the heart of popular Stoneybatter but comes to the market in need of significant renovation. The property has been stripped back at each level and as such presents as a blank canvas offering the new purchaser a multitude of potential options.”

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WHY ARE THE DOORS SO TALL AND NARROW

March 14, 2023 by infomatique

ARBOUR HILL DUBLIN

Arbour Hill is an area of Dublin within the inner city on the Northside of the River Liffey, in the Dublin 7 postal district. Arbour Hill, the road of the same name, runs west from Blackhall Place in Stoneybatter, and separates Collins Barracks, now hosting part of the National Museum of Ireland, to the south from Arbour Hill Prison to the north, whose graveyard includes the burial plot of the signatories of the Easter Proclamation that began the 1916 Rising. St Bricin’s Military Hospital, formerly the King George V Hospital, is also located in Arbour Hill.

Arbour Hill is derived from the Irish Cnoc an Arbhair which means “corn hill”. The area was owned by Christ Church Cathedral during the medieval period and was used to store corn. The area first appears on a map in 1603 as “Earber-hill”.

As part of his commissioned symphonic work “Irishmen and Irishwomen”, the composer Vincent Kennedy included a movement titled “Arbour Hill”. This movement is a tribute to the Easter Rising participants buried at Arbour Hill.

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HOW IS IT GOING IN THE NEWMARKET AREA OF DUBLIN

February 18, 2023 by infomatique

I WILL LET YOU DECIDE

To some extent I have lost track of progress in the Newmarket Area of Dublin so I decided to visit a few days ago and take a few photographs using my iPhone 12 Pro Max. I will revisit the general area using a better camera within a few weeks.

The Newmarket area is currently undergoing significant change. As part of this change, redevelopment of the larger blocks should eventually contribute to the creation of a permeable, active network of pedestrian streets, as identified in the Guiding Principles Map produced by Dublin City Council. In particular, development should deliver active and animated frontages along the building edges, in particular, at the Cork St. and Newmarket Square interfaces. In this regard, development should respond to the emerging public realm improvements at Newmarket Square and surrounds.

In this area, base heights should be 6-8 storeys, where heritage, built form character and residential amenity considerations allow. However, along the Cork St. frontage, heights should respond to the prevailing heights on this part of the street. The opportunity for locally higher buildings up to 12-14 storeys to provide urban design and placemaking benefits to the emerging character of the Newmarket area exists at the identified locations.

Better integration of Newmarket with the Coombe and areas further to the north as part of any public realm works to Cork St. or as part of the BusConnects project will be pursued.

Community and cultural uses at Newmarket Square should be protected into the future.