Andy Sheridan

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On to Cumberland Road

From Wilton Terrace.

This building is so aggressive, but there's something I like about it's lines and forms. There's still quite a few examples of this, almost brutalist style, left in the city; relentless, precast concrete structures. One by one though, they are being demolished and redeveloped. Phibsborough shopping center is next for the chop.

There is an argument to maybe refurbish and reuse them...brutal and all as they are; they are massive concrete structures, no easy job to dismantle. But in the end, I guess, economics will dictate. I, for one, will not mourn their demise.