Five Iconic structures shortlisted
Or so says the Limerick Leader city edition anyway.
In December, an ultra-secret think thank was assigned the task of coming up with an idea for an iconic structure which would bring a million more visitors to Limerick over the next ten years.
Now the group have picked five of the best ideas. Unfortunately, the paper only reveals three of them, which is disappointing.
The three most likely ones to get the go-ahead are a multicultural village, a multi-purpose concert or conference centre, and an Irish diaspora centre.
The multicultural village is pretty interesting. It has been likened to the palm island in Dubai according to the paper.
The village will comprise of numerous little villages, each representing a different country. The villages will each have language centres, restaurants, and will have the architectural design of their respective countries.
Each village will be connected by canals and footbridges, and there will be a giant globe at the centre of the development which will be lit up at night.
The conference and Concert centre which has been proposed will be bigger than the University Concert Hall. It looks as though it will act in a similar fashion to the RDS in Dublin, being used for conferences, concerts and events like exhibition.
The five proposed projects will each undergo stringent scrutiny and detailed feasibility testing before one, or even two of them are decided upon.
There are concerns however that the iconic structure would have to be within the city’s environs. Also the project would jace the challenge of finding private funding.
More infor can be found on the front page of the City Edition of the paper.
Personally I like the idea of the multicultural village, it would be an opportunity for learning and the involvement of everyone living in Limerick.