January 16, 2012 by hXci
Its not quite this stunning image from Broadsheet but someone has taken the time to print, frame and hang the below on the side of a business in the Italian Quarter. Part of the Dublin skyline for over a century, plans are abound for demolishing the Pigeon House towers… a pity I say.
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Sam
They are not a thing of beauty but are now part of the Dublin skyline. I think they may only date from the 1970s, though.
I have a set of them in my Flickr collection:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/photopol/sets/72157623319774976/show/
Indeed,the towers have been only there for forty or so years but the original buliding went up around the turn of the 20th Century!
If they’re stable, what harm in keeping them. If they were illuminated, or the area around it developed, they could become quite the icon. And they’re twice the height of the Spire too so quite impressive as is