Botanic Spine : Sheriff street park part 2

The Botanic Spine is an architectural project for Dublin city in Ireland.
Sheriff Street Park is what part of that idea might look like tomorrow.

The Botanic Spine is a proposed 18-kilometre long ecological corridor, or greenway, for Dublin city, The spine is a circular loop through the city that connects the river Liffey, the royal and grand canals, the botanic gardens and Europe's largest city park, the phoenix park.

The spine is a strategic urban regenerator which acts as a mechanism for greening the city, connecting some of the cities green spaces and various communities of the city. The project addresses critical parts of the cities fabric and attempts to turn much of what was previously derelict, unused and dangerous into new areas of being and living.

The spine is a "pearl necklace" type of park with the narrow line of the canal and the green space along its edges threading through a series of pocket parks. The Liffey will be spanned by a public walkway, alongside the rail bridge, through the soon to be developed lands around Heuston station and by an adjustable bridge spanning the river on the east side.

One of the Spine's parks, Sheriff Street Park, is looked at in more detail and a series of future architectural scenarios are explored. What started off as a theoretical architectural thesis in 2005 has led to much more since, including 100+ native Irish trees being donated to communities around the spine, including Sheriff Street, the creation at different times of 5 community gardens along the spine, many bike rides happening along the route, discussions with communities the spine weaves through, community radio and further discussion of new ideas about what future sustainable cities might look like.

http://www.dublin.ie/botanicspine/

View PDF about Botanic Spine:
http://www.indymedia.ie/attachments/feb2007/botanic_spine.pdf

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• Spine
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• corridor
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