Collins Street

Benburb Street Area Of Dublin 

Benburb Street [originally Barrack Street] was the location for the first Dublin Corporation housing scheme in the late nineteenth century. Because of a desire to keep public housing as low cost as possible the Corporation constructed homes in areas with long standing social problems and as they did not address the ongoing anti-social issues problems remain today in many city centre locations. Way back in the 1830’s the area around Royal Barracks [now Collins Barracks] in Dublin had a very bad reputation as was described in local newspapers as follows “scenes of riot, drunkenness and gross indecency” were common place, and that the area was home to many prostitutes but lacking in “persons of decent and moral habits”.

source:William Murphy

Hobart . Reflections and Mt Wellington. 

In the 1830s as trade opened up in VDL the wharves were on Hunter Island, now Hunter Street. But the waters were more sheltered on the Salamanca side of the harbour so convicts were employed to mine the steep hill side, create a quarry, and built a new shore line so that deep sea facilities for ships could be provided near Salamanca. John Lee Archer was involved in this 1827 plan to re-shape Sullivans Cove which included building up soil in front of the Customs House. In the 1840s the dock facilities moved to Salamanca Place and the large warehouses were built. The apple industry used the sheds right on the wharves in the 20th century. By the 1970s the area was derelict so the Tas. government bought seven warehouses to create an arts centre in 1976. Soon the other warehouses were privately renovated into upmarket galleries, shops and cafes.

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Collins Street [Hobart]

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inside banking museum collins street entrance

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Manchester Unity

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Collins Street, Melbourne CBD

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