KEVIN STREET ACROSS FROM WHERE THE COLLEGE WAS
For over 130 years, Kevin Street was synonymous with technological education in Ireland, but in 2021, TU Dublin closed the gates of Kevin Street for a final time as staff and students relocate to fabulous new facilities in the Central Quad on the new Grangegorman campus.
Back in the late 1960s I studied Telecommunications and Electronics at Kevin Street College Of Technology and I must admit that I disliked the building which was supposed to be modern and the best thing since sliced-bread. The classrooms were too warm in good weather and freezing in winter and there were many other problems that I will not discuss here.
Dublin Institute of Technology has its origins in the City of Dublin Technical Schools, with a Technical College founded at Kevin Street in 1885. In 1963, the Minister for Education, (future President) Patrick Hillery, signed a contract for a new building for the College of Technology at Kevin Street. The project was completed in 1968, with Hooper & Mayne as the architects. It’s an International Style building, with the administration and entrance block to Kevin Street capped by a wavy canopy on the fourth floor.
The Kevin Street College site was sold in April 2019 for €140 million: https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/frank-mcdonald-what-s-not-to-like-about-dublin-s-new-kevin-st-development-quite-a-lot-1.4321803
In 2021 An Bord Pleanála granted a 10 year planning permission to Shane Whelan’s Westridge Real Estate for the development of 53,110 sq ft of office accommodation in two 11-storey blocks alongside 299 build to rent apartments across three buildings of up to 14 storeys in height. Westridge acquired the 3.57 acre site for €140 million in August 2019 and a report lodged with the plans by EY estimates that the total output that the redevelopment will generate over 10 years is €7.67 billion.
![DUBLINBIKES DOCKING STATION 71 [KEVIN STREET ACROSS FROM WHERE THE COLLEGE WAS] 007](https://excellentstreetimages.com/PublicTransportWordPress/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/DUBLINBIKES-DOCKING-STATION-71-KEVIN-STREET-ACROSS-FROM-WHERE-THE-COLLEGE-WAS-223740-1.jpg "DUBLINBIKES DOCKING STATION 71 [KEVIN STREET ACROSS FROM WHERE THE COLLEGE WAS]-223740-1")
![DUBLINBIKES DOCKING STATION 71 [KEVIN STREET ACROSS FROM WHERE THE COLLEGE WAS] 006](https://excellentstreetimages.com/PublicTransportWordPress/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/DUBLINBIKES-DOCKING-STATION-71-KEVIN-STREET-ACROSS-FROM-WHERE-THE-COLLEGE-WAS-223741-1.jpg "DUBLINBIKES DOCKING STATION 71 [KEVIN STREET ACROSS FROM WHERE THE COLLEGE WAS]-223741-1")
![DUBLINBIKES DOCKING STATION 71 [KEVIN STREET ACROSS FROM WHERE THE COLLEGE WAS] 005](https://excellentstreetimages.com/PublicTransportWordPress/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/DUBLINBIKES-DOCKING-STATION-71-KEVIN-STREET-ACROSS-FROM-WHERE-THE-COLLEGE-WAS-223742-1.jpg "DUBLINBIKES DOCKING STATION 71 [KEVIN STREET ACROSS FROM WHERE THE COLLEGE WAS]-223742-1")
![DUBLINBIKES DOCKING STATION 71 [KEVIN STREET ACROSS FROM WHERE THE COLLEGE WAS] 004](https://excellentstreetimages.com/PublicTransportWordPress/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/DUBLINBIKES-DOCKING-STATION-71-KEVIN-STREET-ACROSS-FROM-WHERE-THE-COLLEGE-WAS-223743-1.jpg "DUBLINBIKES DOCKING STATION 71 [KEVIN STREET ACROSS FROM WHERE THE COLLEGE WAS]-223743-1")
![DUBLINBIKES DOCKING STATION 71 [KEVIN STREET ACROSS FROM WHERE THE COLLEGE WAS] 003](https://excellentstreetimages.com/PublicTransportWordPress/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/DUBLINBIKES-DOCKING-STATION-71-KEVIN-STREET-ACROSS-FROM-WHERE-THE-COLLEGE-WAS-223744-1.jpg "DUBLINBIKES DOCKING STATION 71 [KEVIN STREET ACROSS FROM WHERE THE COLLEGE WAS]-223744-1")
![DUBLINBIKES DOCKING STATION 71 [KEVIN STREET ACROSS FROM WHERE THE COLLEGE WAS] 002](https://excellentstreetimages.com/PublicTransportWordPress/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/DUBLINBIKES-DOCKING-STATION-71-KEVIN-STREET-ACROSS-FROM-WHERE-THE-COLLEGE-WAS-223745-1.jpg "DUBLINBIKES DOCKING STATION 71 [KEVIN STREET ACROSS FROM WHERE THE COLLEGE WAS]-223745-1")
![DUBLINBIKES DOCKING STATION 71 [KEVIN STREET ACROSS FROM WHERE THE COLLEGE WAS] 001](https://excellentstreetimages.com/PublicTransportWordPress/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/DUBLINBIKES-DOCKING-STATION-71-KEVIN-STREET-ACROSS-FROM-WHERE-THE-COLLEGE-WAS-223746-1.jpg "DUBLINBIKES DOCKING STATION 71 [KEVIN STREET ACROSS FROM WHERE THE COLLEGE WAS]-223746-1")