Save St. Stephen's Green Shopping Centre

Today I found out (via savestephensgreen on Instagram) about plans to basically butcher St. Stephen's Green Shopping Centre in Dublin. I saw a link for a petition and instantly WhatsApp'd Barbara to let her know. (Please feel free to sign it!!) Look at all the features that will be lost: 

1. Façade: This is an iconic feature at the top of Grafton Street and looking onto St Stephen’s Green. It’s made from steel and aluminium panels, in a style inspired by the glass houses in the Botanic gardens and meant to compliment the Victorian character of the Green.

2. Dome: The distinctive multi-faceted dome signals the corner entrance from multiple points throughout the city. It was also designed to reference the turret on the building opposite it on King Street South.

3. Atrium: The glazed atrium is 23 metres high, 16 metres wide and 97 metres long, comprising 2750 sqm of glass. It’s rare to have an indoor space of this scale in Dublin’s city centre which is naturally lit.

4. Clock: With a diameter of 8.9 metres, this is the largest indoor clock in Europe and acts as a smokescreen. It is the only feature that has been identified by planners as worth keeping, but the proposed scheme offers little space for this.

(PS: Special thanks to Barbara, Bella, Natalia, Amy, Maureen, Wayne, Helen, Kayla, Terri, and MeMom for signing the petition!)