reimagine dublin one

Introduction

US-Ireland: Our Special Relationship

City-building: An Irish Tradition

Background

Dublin’s Heart & Soul

…when considering arts and culture, and history, Dublin One is one of the richest neighborhoods in the world

…where you can pay homage to both Handel and Bono, Joyce or Yates

…where you can participate in grand celebrations, or loud demonstrations

Uniquely Diverse

“The most diverse neighborhood in all of Ireland.”

A place of profound meaning

But disconnected

The Pieces w/out the Whole• Some of the built environment is not

worthy of Dublin One’s identity. It doesn’t connect your people, it doesn’t leverage your assets.

“Jekyll & Hyde”

Civic Schizophrenia: “Jekyll & Hyde”Positive Perception• Edgy

• Gritty

• Lingering

• Misperceived

• Underappreciated

• Real

• Potentially Beautiful

Negative Perception• Dodgy

• Ugly Duckling

• Loitering

• Languishing

• Scary

• Dangerous

• Broken

QualificationThe ideas represented tonight are those of the team, based on our observations of the community, the significant public participation and insights the community shared with us about Dublin One and your aspirations for it. It represents our best professional recommendations in the public interest. We do not serve a client in this endeavor. It is a public service to the Dublin One community.

There are many ideas represented in this report. Together, they form a strategic vision for actions that could be taken, rather than a prescriptive plan to be implemented verbatim. Some of the ideas herein are deliberately provocative and intended to spark new thinking. We expect you to use it as a tool to consider new interventions, experiments and investments moving forward. This is “community jazz” – we expect you to riff on these ideas and invent new takes on them to make it your own. We expect the ideas to evolve and change as you use the report.

Organising Concepts

Lighter + Quicker + Cheaper

Chapter One

lighter | quicker | cheaper

Tipping Points18 recommendations:

• Streetscapes & Parklets

• Laneways and River Liffey

Streetscape & Parklet Precedents

AmsterdamFredericia, Denmark

Burlington, US

Park-lite interventions Precedents

Toronto

North Adams, US

Henry Street Lingering Space

Capel Street

Capel Street

Capel Street

Capel Street

Capel Street

Capel Street

Wolfe Tone Street

Wolfe Tone Street

Parnell Street AT Jervis Street

At Parnell St

Jervis Lane Lower

At Abbey St

At Mary St

Repair Jervis Lane

Laneway & River Access Precedents

Love the LanesCrampton Court, Dublin

Vejle, Denmark

Bloom Fringe, DublinCopenhagen parklet

Connect to the River

Capel St

OConnell St

Ha’Penny

Liffey St

Ha’Penny

Liffey St

Millennium

Bridge

Connect to the River

Bachelors Way Litton Lane

Connect to the River: Harbour Lane

Access to River: Liffey Street

River Gateway: Grattan Bridge/Capel St.

River Gateway: Grattan Bridge/Capel St.

Life to the Lanes

Chapter Two

Improving Blank Spaces

Filling Empty Windows

Filling Empty Windows

Terminal Vistas

Terminal Vistas

North Lotts Today

Turning Back to Front

Street Feast

Rear Facade Improvements

Shop Display & Infill Construction

Shops & Green Space

Upper Floor Vacancies

Mixed Use Redevelopment

Important Places Along the Way

Chapter Three

near-term use

long-term use

Cross Roads and

Civic Living Room

Chapter Four

INTERSECTION OF LIFFEY ST. AND ABBEY ST.

LIFFEY ST. LOOKING TOWARDS HENRY ST.

DESIGN PRECEDENTS

HENRY ST. NEAR MOORE ST.

HENRY ST. NEAR JERVIS ST.

MOUNTJOY SQ.

CENTRAL BANKON DAME ST.

GARDEN OF REMEMBERENCE

GRAND CANAL DOCK.

HEART OF DUBLIN ONE

HENRY STREET

LIFFEYSTREET

DESIGN PRECEDENTS

PLAZA PLAN

Road to Implementation

Chapter Five

TomorrowToday

Community Assets• Most diverse neighborhood

• Strong mix of uses (retail, residential, office)

• Cultural, Education, Health Care Institution

• Proximity to river, D2, Docklands

• Luas

• Effective BID (Dublin Town)

• Historic character and fabric

• Heart and Soul of the city

Challenges / Risks• Very high upper floor

vacancies

• Shadowy perception

• Insufficient open space (parks, plazas)

• High concentration of social services

• Lack of jobs for growing diverse population

• Shifts in retail preferences

Ambitious Aspirations• Compelling vision for area’s future

• Upgraded public realm (open space, laneways, streetscape)

• Occupy upper floors with housing/office

• Improved perception

• Amenities for families

• Increased public safety and social services

Special Places need Special Treatment• Aspiration achievement won’t happen by accident

• Development will happen but opportunities missed

• Need coordinated, collaborative approach

• No one entity in Dublin currently

• Need to establish special district revitalization agency

ReDO! and road forward• ReDO! (Reimagine Dublin One)

• Democratically elected board (residents, business, institutions, service providers)

• Nimble, talented staff

• Public and Private funding

• Five year authorization with annual progress reviews

What does ReDO! Do?• Refine compelling area vision

• Sets action plan to achieve it

• Secure Special District designation

• Advocate/secure funds for public realm improvements

(public, philanthropic, Failte Ireland….)

• Assist property owners in securing upper floor

occupancies: navigating regulatory process, grants

and tax incentive

But wait, there’s more….• Use exiting tool kit (Living City Initiative) and

explores additional schemes*

• Promote collaboration among property owners to achieve community vision via “by right” incentive

• Markets assistance programs

Sample Implementation Initiative

•Occupy the uppers

• Potential big impact: address housing crisis, space for office, vitality, taxes

Property Rate Freeze• Develop quality standards for upper redevelopment

• Provide property rate “freeze” (pro forma based) 5 – 7 years

• Adjust rates after term (one time or graduated)

• Consider: rate reduction for residential and adding bonus setback floor

Economic, Fiscal, Social Impacts• Increased private investment in area

• More and better public spaces for people

• Increase upper floor occupancies

• Increased tax revenues (property, personal income, corporate)

• Hedonics of open space (higher rents/building values)

Don’t stop yet….• Relief from housing shortage

• Space for new and expanding businesses

• Enhanced safety (more eyes on the street)

• Improved perception/image of Dublin One

• Expanded Alternative mode utilization (peds, bikes, mass transit)

• Increased tourism appeal

Dublin One: a Community of Choice!

Schedule and Milestones

GET STARTED!• Public Meeting Today• Interim Working Group Spring 2017• ReDO! Group Summer 2017

ReDO! MISSION• Objectives & Priorities Autumn 2017• Implementation Strategy Summer 2018

PROJECTS• SPARK DO! Spring 2017• Short Term PLAN Summer 2017…… DO! Summer

2018…..• Medium Term PLAN Summer 2017…… DO!

Summer 2020…..• Long Term PLAN Summer 2017…… DO! ………….?

REVIEW• Year 1 A.I.A. Review Spring 2018• Annual Review Spring 2019, 2020, 2021• Year 5 Strategic Review Spring 2022

ReDO! programme

Conclusions

Overcoming InertiaCommon Challenges

• Nostalgia

• Conflict

• Institutional Sclerosis

• Apathy

• Negative Past Experience

Dublin One is Yours

THANK YOU DUBLIN ONE!• Report is online at Reimagine Dublin

One website• Presentation is on Slideshare &

Reimagine Dublin One website• Questions…