26/01/2024
THE GIRLS ARE BACK IN TOWN BY ARIYANA AHMAD [PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART ON CUSTOM HOUSE QUAY]
Unfortunately I know little about the artist responsible for this example of Paint-A-Box street art on Custom House Quay.
Custom House Quay is highly significant as the setting for James Gandon's neoclassical Custom House, one of the city's grandest buildings, built to reflect the its position as a buoyant centre of eighteenth-century trade and commerce.
Casey (2005) describes the quay, in the context of the Custom House, as 'the single most important collection point in the Irish Revenue system'. It is the most easterly of a linear arrangement of quays lining both sides of the Liffey, and retains something of its maritime flavour, located in close proximity to the original warehouses, dock basins and industrial infrastructure than remain in the area. Together, the quays are reminders of the economic and maritime development of Dublin city as Ireland's principal port.