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College Square (Dublin)
College Square is a mixed-use building development, under construction as of May 2025, in Dublin, Ireland. The building is located between Townsend Street, Hawkins Street, Poolbeg Street and Tara Street in the Dublin 2 postal district. Once finished, it is due to become the tallest habitable building in Ireland, with a height of 82 metres, surpassing the current tallest building, Capital Dock (also in Dublin). Background The site of the development was located close to or at what was originally the River Liffey estuary and adjacent to what was originally the Viking landing spot and marking spot known as the steyn of Dublin. The position was later the location of one of the Royal Dublin Society's first premises on Hawkins Street from 1796 until around 1816. A catholic church had also stood on the site since 1709. College Square is located on the sites of the former Theatre Royal, Hawkins House, College House and the Screen Cinema, which were demolished between 2017 and 2020. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawkins Street
Hawkins Street () is a street in central Dublin, Ireland. It runs south from Rosie Hackett Bridge, at its junction with Burgh Quay, for to a crossroads with Townsend Street, where it continues as College Street. History Hawkins Street dates from at least the early 1700s, with many of the buildings on the west side of the street having been built on former back gardens when D'Olier Street was widened as part of the Wide Streets Commission. This area of Dublin had been reclaimed from banks of the River Liffey by 1673. The street is named for William Hawkins (c. 1618–1680), an Alderman of Dublin who had been the driving force behind the reclamation, funding 450 metres of walling himself. In the medieval period, this area had a leprosy hospital. Notable buildings The Dublin Society (later the Royal Dublin Society) had its house on the street from 1796 after moving from nearby Grafton Street. The society moved to Leinster House in 1815 and the building was demolished and re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screen Cinema
The Screen Cinema was a three-screen cinema in Hawkins Street, Dublin, Ireland. History The cinema had been operating since 1984, showing world cinema, and independent and Irish films. The Screen Cinema, originally named The New Metropole, opened on 16 March 1972 on the corner of Hawkins Street and Townsend Street on the site of the previous cinema, The Regal, which had been demolished since 1962 to make way for offices. The New Metropole name derived from the more famous Metropole Cinema on O'Connell Street (Penney's department store now occupies the building), and after the latter closed in 1973, the New Metropole became the Metropole. Originally a single screen cinema, the auditorium was subdivided in 1982 to create two additional auditoria. The new screens were suspended from the ceiling, meaning the main screen was not reduced. In 1984, it was renamed the Screen Cinema, which became the sister cinema to the more well known Savoy Cinema on O'Connell Street. After this, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apartment Buildings In The Republic Of Ireland
An apartment (American English, Canadian English), flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), tenement (Scots English), or unit (Australian English) is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building, generally on a single story. There are many names for these overall buildings (see below). The housing tenure of apartments also varies considerably, from large-scale public housing, to owner occupancy within what is legally a Condominium (living space), condominium (strata title or commonhold) or leasehold, to tenants renting from a private landlord. Terminology The term ''apartment'' is favoured in North America (although in some Canadian cities, ''flat'' is used for a unit which is part of a house containing two or three units, typically one to a floor). In the UK and Australia, the term ''apartment'' is more usual in professional real estate and architectural circles where otherwise the term ''flat'' is u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
