Tag: Urban Planning
Bowling Alone on O’Connell Street: Atomisation and Modern Irish Life
“Every Civilization passes through the same necessary phases. First, the organic unity of a high Culture, rich in meaning, belief, and communal purpose. Then, as it reaches its zenith, the Culture hardens into mere Civilization—mechanistic, intellectualized, and devoid of the...
Who Lets Moore Street Rot?
Wandering down Moore Street the morning after hoodlums rammed Garda cars in Cherry Orchard, I chanced upon a glimpse of Dublin in the rarified ol' times. There, guitar in hand, surrounded by a phalanx of smiling Gardaí, was actor Phelim...