Dunnes Stores on Patrick Street Cork opened again last Thursday. This is the store pictured at the end of August when a timer counted down the days to opening. ‘Course, every time I think of this store, I think of the super hero who posed outside it hawking leaflets a few years ago!
2009Sat12Sep
Dunnes Stores, Patrick Street
Filed in Black and White, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Street, Urban
Dunnes Stores, Blackpool in Cork City. Recent Dunnes Stores adverts finish with the byline, “The difference is we’re Irish”. It stinks of desperation as everyone north of Dublin heads up to Northern Ireland to shop!
Recession, recession, re… The R Word. Construction workers on the site of the new shopping center in Cork City on Patrick’s Street. I walked past this entrance a few times and the guy in the blue jumper was standing in the same place, watching me each time. Scary.
The construction site that is Dunnes Stores on Patrick’s Street. I wonder if the staff in Dorothy Perkins are bothered by the noise? PS. My brother Donal is Mr May in the Top Oil 2009 Calendar!
2009Mon05Jan
Innards of the Building
Filed in Architecture, Candid, Canon 10-22, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photography, Photos, Signs, Sky, St Patrick's Street, Street, UrbanThe old Dunnes Stores building on Patrick’s Street in Cork is keeping it’s old style and attractive front facade. Phew. I still think it’s odd how a building site juts out behind it though. PS. The nominations form for the Irish Blog Awards is now open. If you feel it deserves it, I’d be very [...]
2009Sun04Jan
Smiles all around
Filed in Advertising, Candid, Canon 10-22, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photography, Photos, St Patrick's Street, UrbanThe smiling attractive face of a model appeared on the hoarding surrounding the building site that is Dunnes Stores in Cork several months ago. It hasn’t had much of an effect on all however.
2009Sat03Jan
Gavin
Filed in Architecture, Candid, Canon 10-22, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photography, Photos, Signs, Street, UrbanDunnes Stores in the centre of Cork City is being rebuilt as part of a major development. This is the first in a series of photos I’ll publish over the next few days. This was taken very close to this photo shot about 10 months before!
2007Wed12Dec
Penneys from Drawbridge Street
Filed in Architecture, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Signs, UrbanPennys from Drawbridge Street Look carefully. The grey building in the background is Pennys on Patrick Street. This was taken on Drawbridge Street near Aroma. Once construction work commences in this view will be obscured forever. This is the same site as yesterday’s shot of Dunnes Stores and the JCB, from a different angle.
2007Tue04Dec
Chemtrails Conspiracy
Filed in Advertising, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Signs, St Patrick's Street, UrbanChemtrails Conspiracy Look up. The trails of cloud or “chemtrails” left by planes could be poisoning you! Really! It’s all on the Internet! The Chemtrail conspiracy theory claims that some trails left behind jet aircraft are different in appearance and quality from those of normal contrails, may be composed of harmful chemicals, and are being [...]
2007Wed14Nov
Think Superwoman!
Filed in Architecture, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Long Exposure, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, St Patrick's Street, Street, UrbanThink Superwoman! Chalk graffiti on the temporary hoarding in front of the old Dunnes Stores store on Patrick Street, Cork. THINK!
