TIWWL: Ruth McManus on the vision behind Drumcondra and social housing in Dublin City
This is Where We LiveShow Notes
'If we had the will today, we could do great things".
Dr Ruth McManus, urban geographer DCU, takes Helen Shaw on a walk through Drumcondra and its social housing, between Griffith Park and Home Farm Road, built between 1920s -60s, creating a social village from the library at the park to Corpus Christi Church and primary school on Home Farm Road.
Ruth talks about the English and Netherlands influences on the cul de sacs and tidy estates and asks why we're not building public communities like these in 2018-2019? What are the lessons we can learn from the 1920s approach to public housing today?
Ruth's book "The Making of Dublin City series: Dublin 1910-1940 Shaping The City & Suburbs" http://www.makingofdublincity.com/dublin/the-making-of-dublin/dublin-1910-1940
More on Ruth's work dcu.academic.ie/live/!W_VALOCAL_D…E?WPBPRSN=1888422
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