Berwick Fountain The Berwick Fountain was originally built in 1860 but was taken down and removed while construction went on in the Grand Parade, Cork. Here it is almost ready, although I’d swear they moved it a few feet .. Cross over the Grand Parade for the last time passing the Berwick Fountain (1860), which [...]
2007Tue25Sep
Berwick Fountain
Filed in Architecture, Black and White, Canon 20D, Cork, Grand Parade, Ireland, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, Urban
2007Thu20Sep
The Elysian Building Site
Filed in Black and White, Canon 20D, Cork, Eglinton Street, Ireland, Photos, Sigma 10-20, UrbanThe Elysian Building Site A look through the closed gate at the construction site of the new Elysian tower block in Cork. It’s a far cry from what the building site looked like in 2005!
2007Sat25Aug
Construction in the old warehouse
Filed in Architecture, Black and White, Canon 20D, Cork, Father Mathew Quay, Ireland, Photos, Sigma 10-20, UrbanConstruction in the old warehouse This is the ground floor of the old warehouse on Father Mathew Quay in Cork. For years it lay rotting away, an eyesore just behind the South Mall, but it’s being developed now. I guess there are apartments going in there, but I recall seeing only tiny windows on the [...]
2006Fri14Jul
The Grand Parade Construction Site
Filed in Architecture, Black and White, Cork, Grand Parade, Ireland, Landscape, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, UrbanThe Grand Parade Construction SIte Another view down the Grand Parade and a look at the construction site that takes up most of the street! Well known shop fronts such as the Singer Sewing Centre are visible in the background. In sharp contrast, the new Soho bar and restaurant is right next to it. It’s [...]
