GPO to be turned into Shopping Mall? (1 Viewer)

[Ferox13]

Dublin's GPO to close only to rise again as a smart shopping centre


THE GPO in O'Connell Street, Dublin, is to close - as a general post office.
The Government has grand plans to "open it up to a public" in a revamp costing €250m that will turn the inconic building and its huge interior courtyards into a mixed development of museums, restaurants, galleries, shops and performance areas for the arts.




' The scheme, which has been been approved by Dublin City Council, will be 12 to 15 storeys high in places.'



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This is very weird - i presume they wouldn't touch any of the original facade?

 

[Anthony]

F.F.S.

 

[classic seanc]

That link is worth it for this picture:

But really, why do these things always have to have "upmarket apartments" done by "ultra-trendy architects".

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

But really, why do these things always have to have "upmarket apartments" done by "ultra-trendy architects".

so that skangers wont be living there and bringing down the tone of the place

 

[classic seanc]

Well, skangers don't live in the GPO now in fairness.
Putting people with lots of money to spend in an area doesn’t make it a nice area. Effectively they’re taking a building away from the public that owns it and giving it to some cool rich people that they'd like to get to know.

 

[Hector Grey]

it's what the volunteers died for, so that we may shop.
and how!

 

[Anthony]

Tara, now this?? unreal.

 

[magicbastarder]

the gpo is wasted on an post.
i've been told they pay £1 a year rent on the place.

 

[classic seanc]

the gpo is wasted on an post.

Couldn’t agree more. But trendy architects doing apartments? ULTRA trendy even? There must be a better idea.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

they should make it in to the taoiseach's residence. the taoiseach should reside on the countrys main thoroughfare.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

they should make it in to the taoiseach's residence. the taoiseach should reside on the countrys main thoroughfare.

haha, I can imagine bertie sending one of the daugthers down to supermacs in her pj's to get a smokey bacon burger meal!

 

[Diddles]

I could just about live with there being galleries and the like in it, but fucking shops and apartments? Bollocks. There's enough fucking shops around there already. If they're going to do anything it should be for the public alone and not so some rich cunts can live in it.

 

[dowel]

Shopping shopping shopping shit.

 

[niallmc]

the gpo is wasted on an post.
i've been told they pay £1 a year rent on the place.

why's that?

 

[shitepipe]

seems like a shit article rather than a shit idea..

 

[La La]

no no no no no.

although - the queen vic building in sydney was converted nicely - but still. dublin has enough shopping malls why another one?

 

[magicbastarder]

they should turn it into a museum. not about the 1916 rising though, that's boring shit.
they should move the natural history museum there.

 

[therealjohnny]

I was in the Moore St mall for the first time on Saturday.

Looks like a great place to go if you want to buy some hair or ugly jewellery.

there's an interesting looking reataurant that sells a range of vegan noodles among other things that might be worth further investigation though

 

[Stereobaby]

The GPO arcade will be rendered null and void

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

dublin has enough shopping malls why another one?

im still disappointed that that new dunnes hq on georges street is just their hq and not another new shopping centre. i think it looks cool and i really wanted to go in at least once