ANOTHER RANDOM BUS TRIP [THIS TIME I GOT THE 79A AND ENDED UP ON PARK WEST]-128021

Park West is a large business park within west Dublin and it is notable for its public art and integrated residential development.

 

There are over 300 companies with 10,000 employees.

 

I think that this was my first time to visit Park West and I plan to revisit with a different lens in order to photograph more of the public art.

 

The bus journey was uncomfortable mainly because of a large number of roundabouts and speed-bumps [a number of passengers on the outward journey complained to the driver about the bumps]. When I got on the bus the driver could not tell me the frequency of the buses and on my return journey the driver told me that the bus did not stop on Ormond Quay suggesting I get off at Aston Quay … the bus did stop at Ormond Quay.

 

Park West is home to Europe's tallest wind and water mobile sculpture, Wave by Angela Conner. It is a 39.3 metre (129 feet) tall sculpture made of polystyrene covered with layers of carbon resin. It is fixed into a 7.6 metre (25 foot) pit filed with 9.5 tonnes of lead.

 

I found the place, especially the residential areas, to be rather bleak and unattractive. The huge electricity pylons did not add to the visual appeal of the area.

 

There is a train station but I would not be impressed by the frequency of the service as it would appear that there is only one train in each direction about once every fifty minutes at best.

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