Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Worth protesting for! Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 2:19 AM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Protest outside the DLR County Hall Planning Dept in Dun Laoghaire, Co. > Dublin against Greystar's intention to destroy a prominent local > heritage garden in Monkstown by building 11 tower blocks on it, and bang > up against a protected structure. > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Cull+the+Vultures+-+NoHighRise+Petition+Protest+at+DLR+26_01_2022+DB.jpg.html > > Can be seen larger. Sony A7II with 28-70 FE lens. > > Douglas > > PS This protest was to deliver over 1,000 signatures to the county > council, but was only attended by about 30 people as we had to present > the petition during a working day. Most people were working, and many of > the rest are scared of venturing out of their homes due to the > tripledemic prevailing. While I'm chairman of the local Monkstown > residents group, I was also appointed official cameraman, and rapidly > found out that getting them all together for a group photo was the > equivalent of herding cats. With my inactivity photographically over the > period of the plague, I discovered that I really need a lot of practice > to keep my eye in. > > Greystar are a US property corporation - a behemoth - who we recently > uncovered were the property managers for the infamous apartment in > Berkeley where the balcony collapsed in 2015. Six people, all students > - one Irish American and five Irish - were killed instantly, while > another six had life changing injuries, and one of those died of those > injuries in January last year. Unfortunately, we only discovered about > Greystar's role after the deadline for written objections had passed. > Local people are incensed at the thought of this crowd redrawing and > dictating the shape and future of our village. For instance, the houses > beside mine were built between 1795 and 1798. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information