Has Dublin lost its edge? (1 Viewer)

[dudley]

Dundrum centre is *grand* and a 3 minute walk from my front door.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

New Dundrum sucks. The Dundrum of my youth was much better.

Wally Rabbits in the Pye Centre.

 

[chris d]

I like it round poolbeg street and hawkins street. Seems like the only part of town where I'm not walking through crowds of motherfuckers. Shame they knocked that old building down. Looks sweet in that picture there.

I live in the north inner city. It's brill. 147 is poncing parnell street up a bit, but they do make a good prick sandwich. Talbot street still has a bang of edge off it.

I dont talk to any of my neighbours, but i like looking out the window when they are shouting at each other.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Wally Rabbits in the Pye Centre.

Q-zar?

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Q-zar?

I don't remember a Q-zar down there.

Golden Carp chinese restaurant and the video shop that was in the next cottage.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

I don't remember a Q-zar down there.

Golden Carp chinese restaurant and the video shop that was in the next cottage.

Am I thinking of Stillorgan?

 

[hydromancer]

There are some nice old buildings in Dublin allot of the time they just need a bit of tidying up or a bit of tlc if you demolish everything you lose the historical sense of the place.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

I live in the north inner city. It's brill. 147 is poncing parnell street up a bit, but they do make a good prick sandwich. Talbot street still has a bang of edge off it.
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a fair few of the locals seem to use 147deli - at least in the non-lunch times. probably helps to keep the ponce factor down.

talbot st, thomas st/james st and phibsboro are pretty much ungentrifiable.

 

[Space]

I live in Portobello, we got two falafel places to choose from along with the best chipper in Dublin.

 

[Unicron]

a fair few of the locals seem to use 147deli - at least in the non-lunch times. probably helps to keep the ponce factor down.

talbot st, thomas st/james st and phibsboro are pretty much ungentrifiable.

American friend of mine was over visiting the in-laws this month, he lives in Manhatten, waaaaaaay uptown, about 200th street, so he's hardly posh, and was staying in Phibsborough. He mentioned to me that it had a bit of menace to it.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

the best chipper in Dublin

Aprile's?

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Goddamnit. My sister just posted this.

Reminder: we smashed this:
http://bit.ly/1mQ6ekx

to build this: http://bit.ly/1mQ368j

#thisisireland

You are incorrect. We smashed this iteration to build the above abomination.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Phibsboro is the least menacing part of Dublin. Maybe it's because it's the part of the inner city I am most familiar with these past 20 years but I never quite get what people mean when they talk about it in such terms.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

The Theatre Royal in the black and white pic was knocked in the 1930s and replaced with the Art Deco behemoth in my picture in 1935. The latter had a capacity of 4000, making it IIRC, the biggest theatre then extant in Ireland and Britain. Judy Garland, Gene Autry and Bill Haley and His Comets are only some of the luminaries who performed there.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Walt Disney also turned up there in a Limo with Mickey Mouse flags on it for the premiere of Darby O'Gill.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

By the way, the only things I've learned from attempting to write a book is I hate writing books and not so long ago life was irredeemably awful for swathes of Dublin's populace.

 

[therealjohnny]

I love that Art Deco behemoth

 

[Scientician 0.8]

I love that Art Deco behemoth

Both buildings were gorgeous though quite unalike.

 

[Bladez]

Am I thinking of Stillorgan?

Dundrum Bowl had a Q-Zar. But I think it got destroyed in one of the many floodings there.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Dundrum Bowl had a Q-Zar. But I think it got destroyed in one of the many floodings there.

i knew it!