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Book TitleMore than concrete blocks : Dublin city's twentieth-century buildings and their stories : 1900-40
Chapter TitleCase study : rebuilding Sackville Street Lower, 1917 : and the case of Clery's department store : Dublin 1 (1922)
Chapter Authorde Roiste, Natalie
Book EditorRowley, Ellen
PublisherDublin City Council ; University College Dublin ; Four Courts Press
ISBN9781902703442
Date2016
Volume1
Page(s)pp116-131
Contentphotos, plans, sketches, text
Note(s)During the street conflicts of Easter week 1916, some eighty buildings were badly damaged by fire. This article examines the re-building of Sackville Street, citing Clery's Department Store as an example of an early 1920s Modernist architecture.
Subject(s)Modernism ; reinforced concrete ; department stores ; Art Deco ; fire safety ; reconstructions
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