Trying to capture areas of Dublin that are currently undergoing major transformation. These lovely little houses in front of me, behind the bicycles, used to house shops and cafés. I used to work in the building on the right and would often go for lunch with the other project managers in a café there. Simple fare, homely. Now I suspect these buildings will be gone within the year, to be replaced by more offices and hotels. I just find it so sad that Dublin is being ripped up, and its people ripped off. You can't buy a house in Dublin anymore, there aren't enough being built, and rent is exorbitant, over €3000 monthly rent for a semi-detached in suburbia. And let's not talk about built-to-rent apartments going up everywhere!
Anyways, a lovely time spent sketching this view, including bikes, builders, and a very strange van!
And did I mention it was cold, and I took refuge in a Starbucks with tables in the window!
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