All Types And Styles Of Urban Expression
URBAN EXPRESSION IN BELFAST
On the last day of my visit to Belfast I decided to photograph some examples of what might be described as “urban expression” within walking distance of the Ramada Hotel. I used an Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max.
PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART AT THE CORNER OF ECCLES STREET AND DORSET STREET
Eccles Street began on 6 March 1769 when Isaac-Ambrose Eccles leased three parcels of land in the area. The street is named after his family, including his grandfather Sir John Eccles, Lord Mayor of Dublin 1710–11.
In James Joyce’s novel Ulysses (published 1922, set in 1904), the protagonist Leopold Bloom lives at 7 Eccles Street, and the building was treated as a landmark by Joyce fans. No. 7 was demolished in 1967 by the neighbouring Dominican convent as part of an extension development to their school.The door was saved.
The Mater Hospital purchased the plot of land in 1975, building the Mater Private Hospital on the site which opened in 1986. The site also has a large surface carpark. The new development saw 36 Georgian houses demolished, despite preservation orders and resistance from groups including An Taisce and the Arts Council.The order then began buying up more Georgian properties on the south side of the street. The windows and doors of three listed houses were illegally blocked up and others were left vacant.
The Mater invited an inspection of the three Georgian houses by Dublin Corporation in February 1988, when they were deemed dangerous. As a result, the buildings were ordered to be demolished to first or second floor windowsill level. The houses were occupied by the group Students Against the Destruction of Dublin, and legal proceedings ultimately led to them vacating to allow the demolition to go ahead. The legal case revealed that the Mater Hospital Pools had funded the purchase of 28 of the houses on the south side of the street. By 1988, 2 properties were derelict, 13 were partly or wholly vacant, including 3 already condemned. It emerged that they were aware the roofs had failed in the three condemned buildings as early as 1986, and had done no repair work allowing for the ultimate destruction of the buildings.
There is plaque at painter Leo Whelan’s former home, 67 Eccles Street.
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EXAMPLES OF PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART IN CRUMLIN
On the 9th February 2022 I explored much of the Crumlin area of Dublin in order to select suitable locations to photograph in detail at a later date and I took the opportunity to photograph some examples of what I refer to as “Paint-A-Box Streetart”.
Crumlin covers the area from the River Poddle near the KCR (Kimmage Cross Roads) to Sundrive Road and Crumlin Cross at The Submarine Bar to Crumlin’s village core and the Drimnagh Road, to Bunting Road, Crumlin Road then along the Grand Canal from Rialto Bridge to Sally’s Bridge. It is situated near to the city centre, on the Southside of Dublin city. Neighbouring areas include Walkinstown, Perrystown, Drimnagh, Terenure, and Kimmage. Crumlin is contained within postal district Dublin 12.
PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART RECENT EXAMPLES IN DUBLIN 1
Today did not go well as something went wrong with my Zeiss Batis 25mm lens. Not long after I went for a walk in the city centre it started to vibrate and at the same time making a grinding noise. The problem could only be resolved by removing the batteries but after about fifteen minutes the cycle would repeat. The camera body was damaged back in 2018 when I had a bad fall, damaging a number of ribs, while photographing in Belfast so I suspect that the body rather than the lens is the problem.
STREET ART ON HENRIETTA STREET – KINGS INN RATHER THAN KINGS INNS
Kings In the pub The is located on the corner of Henrietta Street and Bolton Street.
I am always sceptical when I see claims such as “established 1842” however Henrietta Street was developed by Luke Gardiner during the 1720.
I decided if I could verify the claim [www.libraryireland.com/Dublin-Street-Directory-1862/135.php] and discovered that in 1862 Margaret O’Callaghan owned the Queen’s Inns Tavern. This is interesting because King’s Inns would have changed its name depending on whether there was a King or Queen in London so if Ireland was still part of the UK it would be Queen’s Inns.
Note: The Honorable Society of King’s Inns is the “Inn of Court” for the Irish bar: the Benchers of King’s Inns award the degree of barrister-at-law necessary to be called to the bar by the Chief Justice of Ireland. As well as training future and qualified barristers, the School extends its reach to a diverse community of people from non–legal backgrounds offering a range of accessible part-time courses in specialist areas of the law. King’s Inns is also a centre of excellence in promoting the use of the Irish language in the law.
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