Dublin preserves Georgian row houses amid modern development
Preservationists in Dublin win a truce with developers over 18th century brick row houses. A new shopping and office complex near the parliament must resemble the Georgian style and keep lower portions and railings. Some doubt the value of saving deteriorating homes while others praise the compromise.
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Europe
Joseph McCullough
National Trust
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Dublin Society
Georgian Society
Siobhan McKenna
Conor Cruise O'Brien
U.N
John Byrne
Charlie Doherty
Robert
George I and II
England
United States
Dublin students halt demolition to save St St Square houses
National University women students resisted five-house clearances in St St Square and occupied one building for four months after a public clash with demolition crews. Developers agreed to amend the plans to preserve the Georgian square.
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Today in History highlights for August 5, 1971
Notable anniversaries include the 1963 nuclear test ban treaty by the United States Britain and the Soviet Union, the completion of the first trans Atlantic cable in 1858, and 1884 the Statue of Liberty cornerstone. Also noted are 1861 income tax, 1914 Austria Hungary declares war on Russia, 1949 Ecuador earthquake deaths, 1953 prisoner exchanges in Korea, a Cuban currency reform, a Tennessee Senate race result, and a 14 year old French boy’s flight.
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New York Harbor
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Cuba
Frank Clement
Tennessee
Ross Bass
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Australia
Paris
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