Henrietta Place

EXPLORING HENRIETTA STREET AND HENRIETTA PLACE

November 7, 2023 by infomatique

VIDEO PRODUCED BY DJI POCKET 3

The DJI Pocket 3 arrived this morning and I had some problems setting up … one, unexpected, issue was that my Micro SD cards were two slow. The other issue was that despite selecting English as the default language I was connected to DJI in China. Fortunately I have some friends from China who were able to help.

Henrietta Street (Irish: Sráid Henrietta) is a Dublin street, to the north of Bolton Street on the north side of the city, first laid out and developed by Luke Gardiner during the 1720s. A very wide street relative to streets in other 18th-century cities, it includes a number of very large red-brick city palaces of Georgian design.

For a long time I have wanted to include video in my Photo Diaries and Photo Blogs but while I have investigated many different solutions I could not find a workflow that met all my requirements and then I was contacted and invited to try the new DJI Pocket 3. I was not offered a discounted price. I was however allowed to try the device for a few weeks before I had to return it or pay for it.

The next major problem is that I am in the process of shifting to self hosting and video takes up a lot of space and bandwidth but I think that now have an excellent and inexpensive solution [Note: I was not willing to use YouTube]. As a backup I plan to make some of my videos available via Flickr

HENRIETTA LANE HAS BEEN RESURFACED

October 4, 2023 by infomatique

TO THE SIDE OF AND BEHIND 4 AND 3 HENRIETTA STREET

I photographed this laneway because a very large of road engineers have been on site for almost a week and they had lots of heavy plant and road surfacing equipment.

Until recently it was a little used [except by a few horse owners] laneway off Henrietta Street and it is named Henrietta Lane. It is of interest because became an entrance to a new 380 bed Student Accommodation Complex on Upper Dominick Street which replaced the Michael H textile factory. The complex owned by UK student accommodation provider Ziggurat is now fully operational. I would describe it as being off Henrietta street and it is L-shaped with a section running parallel to Upper Dominick Street. I have noted that a number of old warehouses and unused plots on the lane are now on the market.

I came across the following, somewhat dated, description: No. 4 and the adjoining site were leased by Nathaniel Clements in 1747 to John Maxwell until his daughter married Owen Wynne of Hazelwood, Co. Sligo, who subsequently built this house. Recently stabilised by Dublin City Council the house is in the early phase of a comprehensive programme of conservation works. The interior retains some good plasterwork including an unusually deep coved plaster ceiling to the rear bowed room. The original open-well staircase was removed c.1830 with the secondary staircase retained along with much original joinery and forms part of what has been described as ‘Dublin’s Street of Palaces’ while the ongoing conservation work will no doubt contribute to the improving fortunes of this remarkable streetscape. Laid out by Luke Gardiner in the 1720s, Henrietta Street is a short cul-de-sac containing the finest early Georgian houses in the city and was named after Henrietta Crofts, the third wife of Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton and Lord Lieutenant in 1717-21. The street developed in a piecemeal fashion and set the trends of scale and design in domestic architecture.

Restoration of no 3 began in 2016 and took over 2 years to restore to its former glory. It now operates as an upmarket hotel under the name Henrietta Suites.

HENRIETTA PLACE AND HENRIETTA STREET

August 5, 2023 by infomatique

OLD HISTORIC AREA

Henrietta place (built in the 1720s as part of the development of Henrietta Street) is a laneway off Henrietta Street and it is often used as a rat-run for cars travelling at speed and and for that reason I would advise walking along it at night and it also attracts a degree of anti-social activity. In the 1930s, the Dublin Corporation demolished most of the houses on Henrietta Place and built a social housing complex in their place. The complex, which is known as Henrietta House, is still in use today.

Henrietta House is a significant example of social housing architecture in Ireland. It was designed by Herbert Simms, who was one of the leading architects of social housing in the early 20th century. Simms’ design for Henrietta House is characterised by its simple, functional form and its use of red brick.

Henrietta Street is located off Bolton Street on the north side of the city. It was first laid out and developed by Luke Gardiner, the First Earl of Mountjoy, in the 1720s. A very wide street relative to streets in other 18th-century cities, it includes a number of very large red-brick city palaces of Georgian design.

Henrietta Street was once one of the most fashionable addresses in Dublin, and was home to many wealthy merchants and professionals. However, the street declined in status in the 19th century, and by the early 20th century, it had become a slum.

In recent years, Henrietta Street was the subject of a major conservation project, and many of the houses on the street were restored.

One of the most notable buildings on Henrietta Street is 14 Henrietta Street, which is now a museum. The museum tells the story of the street’s history, from its early days as a fashionable address to its later years as a slum.

WHEN THERE IS A HEATWAVE EVERYWHERE ELSE

July 19, 2023 by infomatique

IT RAINS IN DUBLIN AND THE REST OF IRELAND

I had a bad today. I had planned to travel to Drogheda but because of heavy rain at about noon I decided to scrap that plan and have lunch at Eatokyo on Capel Street which I photographed as I walked along it.

I waited for the rain to stop and got a bus to St Anne’s Park but ended up in Raheny which is not far from St Anne’s park. However, after a discussion with two very nice ladies I decided to explore Dollymount instead but that did not go well as most of my photographs were blurred. It took me hours to discover that stabilisation had been switched off.

I also discovered that my Zeiss Batis created a purple smudging on a number of images when used with the Sony FX30. I noticed this before but thought that it was a one-off [however it also was on a rainy day].

What really surprised me was that for much of my walk along Dollymount beach there was not a person to be seen [actually I did see two people and three dogs].

There is no heatwave in Ireland at the moment because of the following reasons:

The current weather pattern is dominated by a low-pressure system to the north of Ireland, which is bringing in cooler air from the Atlantic.
The marine heatwave that was affecting Ireland in June has subsided, and sea surface temperatures are now returning to normal.
The average temperature for July in Ireland is around 15°C, so even if there was no marine heatwave, it is unlikely that we would see a heatwave in July.
However, Met Éireann has forecast that there is a likelihood of above average temperatures for Ireland over the summer season, so it is possible that we could see a heatwave later in the summer.

Here are some additional details about the factors that are preventing a heatwave from developing in Ireland at the moment:

The low-pressure system to the north of Ireland is bringing in cooler air from the Atlantic. This air is less dense than the hot air that would be associated with a heatwave, so it is less likely to rise and form thunderstorms.
The marine heatwave that was affecting Ireland in June has subsided. This heatwave was caused by a combination of high pressure and calm seas, which allowed the water to heat up. However, the seas have now become more disturbed, which is mixing in cooler water from below and causing the temperatures to drop.
The average temperature for July in Ireland is around 15°C. This is not hot enough to qualify as a heatwave, which is generally defined as a period of at least three days with temperatures above 25°C.