http://abstractireland.wordpress.com Because Ireland can be better than just a good place to live Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:34:28 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://abstractireland.wordpress.com/2007/02/13/what-is-the-actual-development-plan-for-ireland/#comment-4 Hugh Curran Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:34:28 +0000 http://abstractireland.wordpress.com/2007/02/13/what-is-the-actual-development-plan-for-ireland/#comment-4 I have relatives and friends living in Dublin and have visited a number of times over the years. Each time I go there it feels like the coziness of the old City continues to dissipate. Having lived in Toronto it was clear even back in the sixties and seventies that city planners there had taken to heart the disastrous mistakes made in urban planning in many U.S. cities. With all the examples of successes and failures involved in city planning in North America there is no excuse for Dublin city planners (or does such a group exist?) to not develop and adopt a master plan that Dublin and surrounding communities can agree to. I have relatives and friends living in Dublin and have visited a number of times over the years. Each time I go there it feels like the coziness of the old City continues to dissipate. Having lived in Toronto it was clear even back in the sixties and seventies that city planners there had taken to heart the disastrous mistakes made in urban planning in many U.S. cities. With all the examples of successes and failures involved in city planning in North America there is no excuse for Dublin city planners (or does such a group exist?) to not develop and adopt a master plan that Dublin and surrounding communities can agree to.

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