URBAN DECAY AND DEPRESSION NEAR THE BIKE YARD AT RYDER’S ROW
A street named Ryder’s Row is without doubt an appropriate address for a Bike Yard business.
The area is question is a triangle of properties formed by Ryder’s Row, one end of Capel Street and one short section of Capel Street.
There was a derelict site to the right of the bicycle yard which was converted into a mini public-park which immediately became a magnet for rough sleepers at night and students during the day. Daytime users were not a problem but from about 7pm it became a place to be avoided.
Sadly a person believed to be sleeping rough was found dead in the park. This was the second homeless person to die in the immediate area in recent times. One, who died, was a well known local character who wandered the city together with his little dog in a shopping trolley.
The mini-park is currently fenced off and unavailable as a public space.
This semi-derelict complex is behind a house of note on Capel Street. Described as a Dutch Billy it is one of a small number of extant examples of Dublin’s rich pre-Georgian architectural heritage, many of which have now been demolished or unrecognisably altered. In fact, it is one of only a few surviving intact on Capel Street, a thoroughfare once dominated by these structures.
The built environment in Dublin is changing faster than I can photograph the changes and there is an area on South Richmond Street that has caught me by surprise as many of the restaurants and shops have closed or disappeared.
Richmond Villas off South Richmond Street [shown as Richmond Street South on Google Maps] was once a place to visit if you were interested in Street Art but now it is dominated by a huge construction site [Charlemont Square where Amazon will be located]. I assume that the laneway will no longer exist once the building project has been completed especially as the Bernard Shaw Pub closed at the end of 2019 and relocated to Cross Guns Bridge.
Amazon employs more than 2,500 people in Ireland and announced plans to create many new jobs most of which will be located Dublin at Blanchardstown, Tallaght, North Count Dublin and the South Richmond Street in the Portobello area of Dublin.
The Charlemont Square project was due to be completed in 2020 but this has been delayed because of Covid-19 restrictions.
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