Description: Dublin WTF comment on plans for North Docklands
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Waterfront South Central is a landmark whether it is built or not.
The Waterfront South Central proposal 1 , (Case no: ABP- 309316-21) including over 1000 apartments and two towers of 41 and 45 storeys, is a landmark in Dublin’s development in more ways than one and whether it is built or not.
A physical and symbolic landmark If built, the scheme will physically dominate the skyline and the riverfront. It aims to be an icon, to define the image of the city and become ‘a symbol of what Dublin stands for’ 2 . Unlike the Sydney Opera House, Eiffel Tower, or even the Pigeon House chimneys, it is not a civic or public building but a private block of apartments for employees in Silicon Docks. Maybe ‘in thrall to Big Tech and in hock to Big Finance’ or ‘conspicuous housing in a housing crisis’, is an ap