Apparently the City Gallery is too overcrowded, and it is planning to extend on three sides.
Which leads me to conclude that the People's Park will shrink.
The Park already lost space in the opposite corner to that hideous block of apartments during the Celtic Tiger years. No fault of the City Gallery perhaps.
However, if the City Gallery does need to expand, I'd much rather it relocated rather than take away the space of a valuable public amenity.
Many visitors I've spoken to speak very highly of the park but not so much of the Gallery. (Maybe they found it too overcrowded - though in fact most of them just told me they thought it was boring, each to their own when it comes to art I suppose...)
It just seems a pity that should these plans go ahead, the Park will be further reduced in size.
Photo: Tourist Republic
