In the heart of Dublin’s city center, a pivotal intersection is finally getting its chance to be an open-air “living room” for a city that has never quite had the proper main square it deserves.
The Dublin City Council’s new plan to revamp College Green comes straight out of the urbanist’s textbook: cars will be pushed out to make way for pedestrians, bikes, and a new streetcar. Transforming this beautiful but poorly planned space, turning the roadway into a granite-paved plaza threaded with trees and fountains, could make a major difference to the look and feel of central Dublin.
