Comments on: Time to think big in Dublin http://www.columbusunderground.com/time-to-think-big-in-dublin News, opinions and reviews on all things Columbus, Ohio. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:50:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: 3horseshoes http://www.columbusunderground.com/time-to-think-big-in-dublin/comment-page-2#comment-5074 3horseshoes Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:46:15 +0000 http://www.columbusunderground.com/?p=621#comment-5074 <p>dublin irish festival is amazing! i love it and can't wait for it this year, per usual. </p><p>be sure to check out my piping mother as she leads the Cincinnati Caledonian Pipes and Drums!!!</p> dublin irish festival is amazing! i love it and can’t wait for it this year, per usual.

be sure to check out my piping mother as she leads the Cincinnati Caledonian Pipes and Drums!!!

]]> By: wyliemac http://www.columbusunderground.com/time-to-think-big-in-dublin/comment-page-1#comment-5073 wyliemac Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:33:01 +0000 http://www.columbusunderground.com/?p=621#comment-5073 <p>Thanks for all the input. And yes, I agree, the Irish Festival kicks ass!</p> Thanks for all the input. And yes, I agree, the Irish Festival kicks ass!

]]> By: vestanpance http://www.columbusunderground.com/time-to-think-big-in-dublin/comment-page-1#comment-5072 vestanpance Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:51:20 +0000 http://www.columbusunderground.com/?p=621#comment-5072 <p>Irishfest kicks ass for sure. And I'm english eeek!</p> Irishfest kicks ass for sure. And I’m english eeek!

]]> By: DublinDiver http://www.columbusunderground.com/time-to-think-big-in-dublin/comment-page-1#comment-5071 DublinDiver Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:30:38 +0000 http://www.columbusunderground.com/?p=621#comment-5071 <p><blockquote><cite>jpizzow wrote </cite>ok, i lied, i go to the irish festival, it's pretty kick ass.......and not free.</blockquote></p><p>btw, Flogging Molly is coming back to play at the festival this year. I saw them maybe 4 years ago at the fest. & it was one of the craziest concerts I've ever been to. It was so hot and muddy inside the tent. It smelled nasty, everyone was smashing into each other. It was so crowded that instead of moshing, the entire crowd seemed to fall from one side to another. You'd fall past the point where you'd normally topple over, except there would be someone else there to catch your fall. If I wasn't 6'3" 200+lbs I probably would've been miserable at that concert. But I can hold my own in a big crowd like that, and I had one of the funnest times I've ever had. Can't wait for this year :D</p>
jpizzow wrote ok, i lied, i go to the irish festival, it’s pretty kick ass…….and not free.

btw, Flogging Molly is coming back to play at the festival this year. I saw them maybe 4 years ago at the fest. & it was one of the craziest concerts I’ve ever been to. It was so hot and muddy inside the tent. It smelled nasty, everyone was smashing into each other. It was so crowded that instead of moshing, the entire crowd seemed to fall from one side to another. You’d fall past the point where you’d normally topple over, except there would be someone else there to catch your fall. If I wasn’t 6’3″ 200+lbs I probably would’ve been miserable at that concert. But I can hold my own in a big crowd like that, and I had one of the funnest times I’ve ever had. Can’t wait for this year :D

]]> By: Brewmaster http://www.columbusunderground.com/time-to-think-big-in-dublin/comment-page-1#comment-5070 Brewmaster Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:22:39 +0000 http://www.columbusunderground.com/?p=621#comment-5070 <p>^ It was Edwards, but ODOT couldn't get their act together and decide on a solution for the split.</p> ^ It was Edwards, but ODOT couldn’t get their act together and decide on a solution for the split.

]]> By: joshua http://www.columbusunderground.com/time-to-think-big-in-dublin/comment-page-1#comment-5069 joshua Thu, 12 Jul 2007 06:15:29 +0000 http://www.columbusunderground.com/?p=621#comment-5069 <p>Didn't someone propose a Ponte Vecchio type bridge for downtown a couple years ago? To replace the bridge they are doing now? I think it was a Shottenstein? I thought it was a great idea for downtown, linking franklinton to the other side. Whoever planned this city didn't really do a good job.</p> Didn’t someone propose a Ponte Vecchio type bridge for downtown a couple years ago? To replace the bridge they are doing now? I think it was a Shottenstein? I thought it was a great idea for downtown, linking franklinton to the other side. Whoever planned this city didn’t really do a good job.

]]> By: Walker http://www.columbusunderground.com/time-to-think-big-in-dublin/comment-page-1#comment-5068 Walker Thu, 12 Jul 2007 01:06:52 +0000 http://www.columbusunderground.com/?p=621#comment-5068 <p>While the small space known as "Old Dublin" looks quiant, I don't know if a new development including a cap over the river gorge and new shopping centers would really accent that older style. I'm assuming there would still be a need for a large parking lot since everyone would be driving to this shopping destination (not really mixed use), and pedestrian traffic probably wouldn't work well along 161/33.</p><p>Besides, why would you want to cap over and block out the nice scenic view of the river? I can understand highway caps, because that's a noisy eyesore, but I'd hate to see caps on the river bridges downtown. It would be concealing nature with commerce.</p><p>:?</p> While the small space known as “Old Dublin” looks quiant, I don’t know if a new development including a cap over the river gorge and new shopping centers would really accent that older style. I’m assuming there would still be a need for a large parking lot since everyone would be driving to this shopping destination (not really mixed use), and pedestrian traffic probably wouldn’t work well along 161/33.

Besides, why would you want to cap over and block out the nice scenic view of the river? I can understand highway caps, because that’s a noisy eyesore, but I’d hate to see caps on the river bridges downtown. It would be concealing nature with commerce.

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]]> By: jpizzow http://www.columbusunderground.com/time-to-think-big-in-dublin/comment-page-1#comment-5067 jpizzow Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:09:51 +0000 http://www.columbusunderground.com/?p=621#comment-5067 <p>i don't go to dublin, too much traffic, too much suburbm , too much "my sh*t don't stink" attitude (generally speaking) ok, i lied, i go to the irish festival, it's pretty kick ass.......and not free. go figure. a cap over the river huh, i'll believe that when me sh*t turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbert.</p> i don’t go to dublin, too much traffic, too much suburbm , too much “my sh*t don’t stink” attitude (generally speaking) ok, i lied, i go to the irish festival, it’s pretty kick ass…….and not free. go figure. a cap over the river huh, i’ll believe that when me sh*t turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbert.

]]> By: BUTerrier http://www.columbusunderground.com/time-to-think-big-in-dublin/comment-page-1#comment-5066 BUTerrier Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:50:56 +0000 http://www.columbusunderground.com/?p=621#comment-5066 <p>Speaking of dublin have you guys been to the Martage? It is a Crawford Communities development I believe, god damn is it nice. The condos are gigantic and are really nice, plus you get access to an insane club for liek 200 a month I think it was.</p><p>http://www.maratage.com/</p> Speaking of dublin have you guys been to the Martage? It is a Crawford Communities development I believe, god damn is it nice. The condos are gigantic and are really nice, plus you get access to an insane club for liek 200 a month I think it was.

http://www.maratage.com/

]]> By: CbusIslander http://www.columbusunderground.com/time-to-think-big-in-dublin/comment-page-1#comment-5065 CbusIslander Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:23:53 +0000 http://www.columbusunderground.com/?p=621#comment-5065 <p>I don't think a cap is needed at this location, even though I can see Dublin using the Ponte Vecchio as inspiration at this location. Maybe when Dublin becomes landlocked years from now.</p><p><img>http://www.parkpalace.com/immagini/ponte_vecchio.jpg</img></p><p>I rather see riverside dr. becoming more of the scioto mile project reducing the lanes and adding street parking to make the area more pedestrian friendly.</p> I don’t think a cap is needed at this location, even though I can see Dublin using the Ponte Vecchio as inspiration at this location. Maybe when Dublin becomes landlocked years from now.

http://www.parkpalace.com/immagini/ponte_vecchio.jpg

I rather see riverside dr. becoming more of the scioto mile project reducing the lanes and adding street parking to make the area more pedestrian friendly.

]]> By: wyliemac http://www.columbusunderground.com/time-to-think-big-in-dublin/comment-page-1#comment-5064 wyliemac Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:29:59 +0000 http://www.columbusunderground.com/?p=621#comment-5064 <p>The only time I go to Old Dublin is for an after dinner walk (Tucci's is an excellent place to dine by the way), or if there is some event going on there like the Dublin Art Fair. But other than that, I don't shop there.</p> The only time I go to Old Dublin is for an after dinner walk (Tucci’s is an excellent place to dine by the way), or if there is some event going on there like the Dublin Art Fair. But other than that, I don’t shop there.

]]> By: aaminian http://www.columbusunderground.com/time-to-think-big-in-dublin/comment-page-1#comment-5063 aaminian Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:27:07 +0000 http://www.columbusunderground.com/?p=621#comment-5063 <p>Installing a cap and revamping that strip mall in addition to opening the new Shoppes at River Ridge would just be waaaaaaaaay too much. That area just isn't equipped to handle that amount of traffic, nor should it be made to. Old Dublin is able to maintain its charm because of the absence of massively shoehorned retail. It's not supposed to look like Easton. Besides, how would you accommodate parking? I think the new Shoppes and a makeover of the corner strip mall would be perfect.</p> Installing a cap and revamping that strip mall in addition to opening the new Shoppes at River Ridge would just be waaaaaaaaay too much. That area just isn’t equipped to handle that amount of traffic, nor should it be made to. Old Dublin is able to maintain its charm because of the absence of massively shoehorned retail. It’s not supposed to look like Easton. Besides, how would you accommodate parking? I think the new Shoppes and a makeover of the corner strip mall would be perfect.

]]> By: vestanpance http://www.columbusunderground.com/time-to-think-big-in-dublin/comment-page-1#comment-5062 vestanpance Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:15:17 +0000 http://www.columbusunderground.com/?p=621#comment-5062 <p>Does anyone even go to those newish shops in Old Dublin? I don't even know what's in there besides the Starbucks.</p> Does anyone even go to those newish shops in Old Dublin? I don’t even know what’s in there besides the Starbucks.

]]> By: gramarye http://www.columbusunderground.com/time-to-think-big-in-dublin/comment-page-1#comment-5061 gramarye Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:09:40 +0000 http://www.columbusunderground.com/?p=621#comment-5061 <p>They might well be able to come up with at least a reasonable amount of funding for it themselves, and private capital might be available for portions of the project (not for the purely public areas, perhaps, but for retail space).</p> They might well be able to come up with at least a reasonable amount of funding for it themselves, and private capital might be available for portions of the project (not for the purely public areas, perhaps, but for retail space).

]]> By: columbus native http://www.columbusunderground.com/time-to-think-big-in-dublin/comment-page-1#comment-5060 columbus native Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:08:11 +0000 http://www.columbusunderground.com/?p=621#comment-5060 <p>yeah the strip mall on that corner is like a ghost town currently. I'm not even sure you would need to tear it down more than to repopuolate the area with freah businesses. I think this could make a nice touch in the neck of the woods.</p> yeah the strip mall on that corner is like a ghost town currently. I’m not even sure you would need to tear it down more than to repopuolate the area with freah businesses. I think this could make a nice touch in the neck of the woods.

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