I can't think of a more brutal example of 1960's development in Dublin city center than the unholy collective of Hawkins House and it's three horrendous neighbours – Apollo House, on Tara Street, and College House and the former Screen Cinema, on Townsend Street – all located a stone's through from College Green, one of the grandest architectural spaces in the city.
The buildings are all now vacant and awaiting their fate. Almost an entire city-centre block, with the exception of the Tara Street-Townsend Street corner, will be redeveloped in the next couple of years.
Here's hoping what comes will be a welcome, humane addition to this significant section of Dublin's south inner city.