building/structure – Page 5 – Extramural Activity

Parkside

2019-10-172024-12-28Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

The new homes in Parkside Gardens were completed in March 2018 (in the same style as the award-winning houses in Parkend), but the security fencing separating Newington from Mountcollyer remain. The “park” in question is Alexandra Park, believed to be Europe’s only park with a “peace” line running through it (BBC) – see previous posts from 2011 and 2013.

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Protective Sequestration

2019-09-272024-12-28Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Here are two images of the “peace” line at the middle and eastern end of Bombay Street. If you want more such images, Frankie Quinn’s exhibition of images of the “peace” lines – Cordon Sanitaire – continues at Belfast Exposed in Donegall Street until October 5th.

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Edenderry Bonfire

2019-07-102024-12-27Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Edenderry bonfire standing tall on the site of the former Portadown railway station, with commemorative plaque to the Ulster Volunteers on the left-hand pillar.

Elsewhere in Portadown, local residents were advised by the council to leave their homes ahead of the Corcrain/Redmanville bonfire, to be lit tonight (10th) (BBC).

See previously: The Killicomaine bonfire: Respect.

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Another Hole In The Wall

2019-07-062024-12-27Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

The solid gates at the eastern (city centre) end of the west Belfast “peace” line have been replaced with see-through gates. The plans were released back in February (Belfast Live). Most of the Mickey Marley mural on the left (from the nationalist side) remains. According to the PA, the gates dated to 1992. Other gates have been similarly upgraded: see the gates in Workman Avenue (See-Through Sectarianism) and Howard Street (Belfast Lock-Up). Here is the list of DOJ-owned “interface structures”.

For images from Townsend St Presbyterian, see On The Other Side.

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Carnany Bonfire

2019-07-022024-12-27Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

“Carnany Bonfire Site. Respect your community and follow the site guidelines: no hazardous waste, no electronics, no tyres, no aerosols. Any person found fly tipping will be prosecuted.”

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Resolve

2019-05-292024-12-27Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

The Bunch Of Grapes in east Belfast was an infamous UDA bar known in particular for the

torture and killing of Georgie Legge in 2001 (Irish Times). The east Belfast Resolve NI (Fb | tw) office – formerly a DUP advice centre – sits across from it at the junction of Beersbridge and Castlereagh roads. The pub has been derelict for 5 years or more and an apartment building is to be developed on the site (BelTel). Demolition would also remove Friz’s Hope, Life.

For a short time (2006-2008?) the pub was called the Ibrox Bar and, when this proved controversial with Rangers FC, the Eye-Brox Bar.

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Guard Bear

2018-07-112024-12-27Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

The Milltown bonfire will be lit tonight during “11th night” celebrations. It’s not clear if the teddy-bear who was on guard last week goes with it.

Ballymacash Bonfire

2018-07-032024-12-27Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

The bonfire in Ballymacash, Lisburn, is big and getting bigger in recent years, and generating some controversy (e.g. 2015 BelTel | 2017 BelTel) which is perhaps the reason for the “No shooting – police notified” sign in the final image. This year is no exception, as today’s images make clear. The third shows that the pyre can be seen over the tops of the houses. Here is drone footage of the 2017 bonfire.