Stephen's Green Shopping Centre: Dandelions and Developers
About this episode
This episode explores the history and controversy surrounding the Stephen's Green Shopping Centre and its proposed replacement.
It would seem everyone in the city has an opinion on the shopping centre at the top of Grafton Street. With that in mind, it seems a good time for a potted history of it and the site it occupies. Controversial in its own day, the project was overseen by the architect James Toomey, though it fell somewhat short of the original vision. What is to be done with this 1988 centre, and why has its proposed replacement irked so many? Support TCB: www.patreon.com/threecastlesburning
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