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| Book Title | More than concrete blocks : Dublin city's twentieth-century buildings and their stories : 1900-40 |
| Chapter Title | Case study : Rebuilding O'Connell Street Upper (1924-) and the cases of the Gresham Hotel (1927) and the Savoy Cinema 1929) : Dublin 1 |
| Chapter Author | de Roiste, Natalie |
| Book Editor | Rowley, Ellen |
| Publisher | Dublin City Council ; University College Dublin ; Four Courts Press |
| ISBN | 9781902703442 |
| Date | 2016 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Page(s) | pp166-189 |
| Content | elevations, photos, sections, sketches, text |
| Note(s) | Both the Gresham Hotel and the Savoy Cinema are examples of the rebuilding that followed the Reconstruction Act of 1924 in the newly formed Irish Free State. The retention of the street's grandeur while incorporating new technologies was integral to the reconstruction of Upper O'Connell street and both buildings feature stone-cut facades with continuous roof and cornice lines. |
| Subject(s) | hotels ; cinemas ; stonework ; reconstructions ; government policy ; stone roofs ; ballrooms ; finance ; facades ; bomb damage ; fire damage ; reinforced concrete ; steel frames ; Classical Revival ; inner city renewal ; urban planning ; historic buildings |
| QUB Location | Search QUB Library Catalogue |
| UCD Location | Search UCD Library Catalogue |