LAD LANE RUNS AT ABOUT A 30 DEGREE ANGLE TO THE GRAND CANAL
Lad Lane was a short cut from Wilton Terrace to Lower Baggot Street. At the end nearest Baggot Street there is an interesting building dating back to 1836 and it served as a Dublin Metropolitan Police barracks [unfortunately I was unable to photograph it this visit]
Lad Lane could be best described as a back lane at Wilton Place and it consists of “upper”and “lower” sections. The lower section runs behind Linkedin’s new HQ building at Pembroke Row/Lad Lane. Pembroke Row is off Lade Lane and is another connection to Lower Baggot Street.
As already mentioned the whole area is effectively a massive construction site. Construction at Two, Three & Four Wilton Park started last year and the work is targeted for completion in 2023.
Late in 2019 it was announced that LinkedIn was planning the creation of a major campus for its European headquarters in Dublin adding more than 3,000 to its Dublin workforce. The Wilton Park estate includes the former Fitzwilton House [demolished], now One Wilton Park, whose former tenants include the Australian embassy and William Fry solicitors, and Wilton Park House, formerly let to the IDA.
DESTRUCTION AND REDEVELOPMENT AT FITZWILLIAM STREET AS SEEN FROM BAGGOT STREET
These images date from Christmas 2018 I had intended to return every few months to photograph any progress but was unable to do so for a variety of reasons so I decided to go ahead and publish them today. Hopefully I will visit the area within the next two or three weeks.
Little more than fifty years after the demolition of 16 Georgian houses on Lower Fitzwilliam Street the ESB decided to redevelop its headquarters.
The 1964 demolition/development effectively destroyed Dublin’s longest Georgian facade, from Mount Street to Leeson Street and of course that attracted much protest at the time. Dublin Corporation were convinced by the the protests and refused permission for the demolition and development of the site. However, on September 30th, 1964, the day before the new Planning Act which established a national planning system came into force, Neil Blaney, then minister for local government, signed an order overturning the corporation’s decision and the destruction of the 16 houses proceeded.
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