The Ormond Printing Company was in business for about 110 years and I was actually worked for them for about nine months but I left to join General Electric.
In 1965 the business operated from a large multi-storey building on Ormond Quay and to the best of my knowledge that building replaced a number of large Georgian houses. The Ormond Printworks building was itself demolished in the late 1990s.
I don’t know exactly what happened but the company registered as ‘dissolved’ towards the end of 2009.
When I was an employee their main business was to supply of printing services to multi-nationals such as Microsoft, Apple, Ericsson and General Electric.
Dublin City Council manages over 125 playgrounds in parks and housing complexes.
I have noticed this play area until today even though I know the area reasonably well.
According to some locals that I spoke to there was once a playground here, however it was demolished approximately by the early 90’s and remained as a derelict site until it was again brought to the attention of Dublin City Council by local residents as a potential site for a ‘play’.
Given that there are 2 key city Parks and playgrounds in close proximity albeit requiring adult supervision for appropriate age group, it was agreed between DCC and local residents to develop the site in order to compensate for the lack of open space for street play and ‘free play’ activities for children as this flat complex is in the heart of Christchurch and subject to a high volume of busy city vehicle and tourist traffic.
By October 2017 a new and innovative ‘play space’ had also been developed at Ross Road. This site was officially opened in May 2018.
The Ross Road Flats form part of the most significant renewal scheme undertaken in Dublin during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Developed for Dublin Corporation and designed by C. J. McCarthy, these purpose-built apartment blocks provided improved quality housing for hundreds of families. Often referred to as tenement blocks, this simply refers to their form, with several apartments accessed by one staircase. The residential blocks on Ross Road are relatively plain, though they are enlivened by the the curved gables and central breakfronts, motifs also seen in the facades of the nearby Iveagh Buildings. The variety in the window design, and particularly the sill types, provides architectural detail to the front facades.
I do not know the history of this shop which ceased trading a number of years ago but the street on which it is located will undergo major changes in the near future as at least two sites are to be redeveloped.
In January planning permission was submitted for a student accommodation complex [541 units] to replace the Park Shopping Centre, The original shopping centre dating from 1984 adjoins the TU university campus which was scheduled to have 20,000 students by the end of 2020 but I am fairly that target has yet to be realised.
It would appear that planning permission has been awarded late in 2020: “Demolition of existing buildings, construction of 585 no. bedspace student accommodation, 16 no. Co-Living apartments, 4 no. townhouses and associated site works.”
I could wrong but there is another student complex underway on the other side of Prussia Street. The Topline Windows & PVC site at 68 Prussia Street has been cleared or is being cleared.
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