Ballymun, Ireland, Europe
Year 1966 latitude: 53° 23' longitude: -6° 16' Period 1966-2007 Initiator(s) Neil Blaney Planning organization Dublin Corporation Nationality initiator(s) Ireland Designer(s) / Architect(s) Design organization Inhabitants Target population Town website Town related links Roger Chapman, 'Urban Cowboys', on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/393431249?fbclid=IwAR3PIIXgiZC2tuMy2xHHxy3RCtb5jEO8X009PC 3QEmjZhJ9_fcHVWJInKWM Literature type of New Town: > scale of autonomy New-Town-in-Town Satellite New Town Company Town > client Private Corporation Public Corporation > policy Capital Decentralization Industrialization Resettlement Economic
Joseph Plunkett tower. All high landmark towers were named after leaders of the 1916 uprising. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Ballymun_Flats Horses in Ballymun source: Pinterest Demolition of Ballymun source: https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Ballymun_Flats The renewed Ballymun village centre, 2007 source: https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Ballymun#/media/File :Days_Hotel,_Ballymun_-_g eograph.org.uk_-_518821.j pg Ballymun was an estate of 36 residential flats built from 1966-1967 in the north of Dublin. The typology of the tower (15, 8 and 4 storeys high) was unusual for Ireland and proved not to be popular. The are became known for its social problems and crime and for the many horses that were kept in and around the flats. Demolition started in 2004. The area is now being transformed. source:
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