Architectural Dublin / City Development / Introduction

• Medieval Dublin Dublin's development up to the end of the 17th century.

• The Wide Streets Commissioners and the development of the Georgian city.

• The Gardiners were responsible for a large estate on the northside of the city.

• The Fitzwilliam Estates were responsible for developing much of the Georgian city on the south city of the Liffey.

• The 19th century was a period of stagnation in the development of the city with the loss of administrative powers to London.

• The Abercrombie report laid down guidelines for the redevelopment of the city in the early 20th century.

• Temple Bar Properties was a semi-state body set up to rejuvenate the Temple Bar area of the city in the 1980s.

• O'Connell Street - area integration and development plan 1998 to upgrade the street and its environs