Ireland's rich railway heritage is at the centre of an ambitious €160m development hailed as a milestone in urban industrial conservation. Ireland's rich railway heritage is at the centre of an ambitious €160m development hailed as a milestone in urban industrial conservation. Adjacent to Kent Railway Station, the Horgan's Quay project will not only create an entirely new Cork streetscape and river-fronted pedestrian plaza but aims to help kick-start the €1bn redevelopment of the city's sprawling docklands. Gareth O'Callaghan of JCA Architects said Horgan's Quay was a project with remarkable potential and rich heritage. "The aim was to honour Cork's past as a great imperial city where a busy port was linked to the new railway station in the 1850s," said Conor Kinsella of OMP Architects.

Source: Irish Independent February 18, 2019 02:32 UTC