Protests over plan for Kilkenny city's Parade

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2000 / April 26 2000: Protests over plan for Kilkenny city's Parade

For its millennium project, Kilkenny Corporation decided to rejuvenate the Parade, the open space which links High Street to the city's castle. After an international competition to find the best design attracted 36 entries, the judges opted for a proposal from a pair of young Dublin architects, Grace Keeley and Michael Pike. The architectssay the Parade is potentially "one of the finest open spaces in the country", but their proposal met with opposition on a number of issues. The initial proposal involved the removal of the Mayor's Walk, which is sectioned off to one side of the Parade, and the erection of a row of nine illuminated steel and glass columns, up to 15 metres in height. Councillors objected to the removal of the Mayor's Walk and said the columns were visually obtrusive.

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