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CONSTITUTION HILL

October 11, 2022 by infomatique

PHIBSBOROUGH AREA OF DUBLIN

Broadstone is one of the three neighbourhoods that make up present-day Phibsboro in Dublin, Ireland. The most southerly of these, it begins just two kilometres north of Father Mathew Bridge at Ormond Quay. The area is triangular, bounded by Phibsborough Road and Constitution Hill to the West, North Circular Road to the north, and Dorset Street and Bolton Street to the south-east. The postal district for the area is Dublin 7.

Built in 1968, Constitution Hill Flats consists of three five-storey blocks, containing 89 homes in total. The site is located along Constitution Hill, with the recently opened Broadstone Plaza to the north, Catherine Lane North at the southern end, and a Dublin Bus Depot to the west with the Grangegorman TU Dublin campus beyond. The complex also sits in a setting flanked by historic buildings: the Kings Inns and Broadstone Station.

THE HUNGRY TREE BY EDITH GERVIN

October 10, 2022 by infomatique

CONSTITUTION HILL NEAR THE BROADSTONE TRAM STOP

I have photographed the hungry tree many times over the last fifteen years but I only noticed this paint-a-box street art a few days ago.

The Hungry Tree in Dublin, near my apartment, is an eighty year old London Plane tree that appears to be in the process of devouring a cast iron bench. As the years have passed, the tree has grown, causing it to swallow the parts of the park bench that stands in its way. Its bark now spills over the back of the bench, making it appear as though the seat is being sucked into the tree’s mouth-like trunk.

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