City Arts Centre (1 Viewer)

[pete]

Former City Arts Centre hits the market at €35m

145,000sq ft office development proposed for site which has lain dormant for 18 years

www.irishtimes.com

 

[JohnnyRaz]

Former City Arts Centre hits the market at €35m

145,000sq ft office development proposed for site which has lain dormant for 18 years

www.irishtimes.com

I'm going to ask I question I know the answer to is 'no' but did that center move elsewhere or just shut its doors entirely? Was it run by the council or just by volunteers - I remember being at things in it, but have no idea who ran it..

 

[pete]

no idea

I'm going to ask I question I know the answer to is 'no' but did that center move elsewhere or just shut its doors entirely? Was it run by the council or just by volunteers - I remember being at things in it, but have no idea who ran it..

the answer's a bit more complicated than you might think

City Arts Centre, Dublin - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[pete]

So how did CityArts millions go up in smoke?

EARLY on the morning of September 11, 2011, a fire broke out on the top floor of the former CityArts Centre on Dublin’s Moss Street, facing the Custom House and IFSC. Several homeless people were

www.thetimes.co.uk

 

[pete]

City Arts drops its centre and relocates to northside

When the City Arts Centre closed down, Dublin lost a vibrant engine of the arts – but now it’s back, and with a reinvigorated…

www.irishtimes.com

 

[JohnnyRaz]

ok - thanks.
so basically 'they made a balls of it' is the short answer?

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

My first (shockingly awful) band rehearsed there in its last year or two, I have a vague memory of a gloomy room that smelled funny. Just like home!

 

[therealjohnny]

My first (shockingly awful) band rehearsed there in its last year or two, I have a vague memory of a gloomy room that smelled funny. Just like home!

same as that

 

[Cormcolash]

Played a gig there once, it was a laugh

 

[therealjohnny]

Was some of this Wat Tyler gig recorded there?

Wat Tyler / Ex-Cathedra / Jesse / TheKabinboy - Alive In Ireland

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1998 CD release of "Alive In Ireland" on Discogs.

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[pete]

Was some of this Wat Tyler gig recorded there?

Wat Tyler / Ex-Cathedra / Jesse / TheKabinboy - Alive In Ireland

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1998 CD release of "Alive In Ireland" on Discogs.

www.discogs.com

i believe so

 

[Cormcolash]

That gig sounded so funny

 

[pete]

That gig sounded so funny

They always were.

 

[niallmc]

That gig sounded so funny

it was

 

[Cormcolash]

When I go to listen to Wat Tyler, I usually just stick that live recording on cause it's amazin