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Book TitleMore than concrete blocks : Dublin city's twentieth-century buildings and their stories : 1940-72
Chapter TitleCase study : Leo Fitzgerald House flat scheme : Hogan Place : Dublin 2 : 1957
Chapter AuthorRowley, Ellen
Book EditorRowley, Ellen
PublisherDublin City Council ; University College Dublin ; Four Courts Press
ISBN9781902703459
Date2019
Volume2
Page(s)pp218-227
Contentphotos, text
Note(s)This four-storey public housing scheme of forty-six flats introduced a new form of circulation - walk-up blocks with four separate stairways instead of externalised decks. It was the first flat block to be built in Dublin's east inner city since before the Emergency.
Subject(s)slum clearance ; public housing ; social housing ; flats ; architectural design ; architectural heritage ; 20th century ; stairs
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