Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Galloping capitalism is poison Ric > On Jan 26, 2023, at 3:49 PM, 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