Stephen’s Green shopping centre redevelopment given the go ahead

About this episode

The episode discusses the approval of the redevelopment of St Stephens Green Shopping Centre and its architectural implications.

The redevelopment of St Stephens Green Shopping Centre has been approved by Dublin City Council. The plans will see the façade of the Dublin shopping centre removed as it currently is with its Mississippi Steamboat design in favour of a glass and red brick façade. But are we erasing an important part of the architecture of our capital city or just something that didn’t look so great anyway?  Shane Coleman was joined by Carole Pollard, Architect and Editor of the book Irish Cities in Crisis, and Eoin Ó Broin, Sinn Féin’s Spokesperson on Housing, Local Government and Heritage.  

People in this episode

Host: Shane Coleman

Guests: Carole Pollard, Eoin Ó Broin

Topics covered

• redevelopment
• architecture
• Dublin
• shopping centre

Keywords

• Dublin City Council
• façade
• Mississippi Steamboat design
• glass and red brick

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Irish Cities in Crisis

Places: Dublin

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