[philosopher_yogi]

View towards Donegall Square North. August 1911.

Richardson and Owden Ltd, Linen Manufacturers, Merchants and Bleachers-1903

Howard Street, motor bike and sidecar.-1912-1919

Ministry of Finance Buildings at Howard Street corner - 1933-12-09

Between Linenhall Library and Robinson and Cleavers.

View from Chichester Street, showing warehouse of Richardson, Sons & Owden, Ltd. Photographed during visit of British Association to Belfast, September 1874.

View from Donegall Square North, showing Donegall Square Methodist Church. Dated September 1874.

view of Royal Irish Linen Warehouses, showing Robinson and Cleaver building, the White Linen Hall, and the Linen Hall tea and coffee rooms opposite

City Hall, from Donegall Square West, 1910

Royal Irish Rifles Memorial, Belfast, Co. Antrim

Royal Avenue, Belfast, Co. Antrim

Donegall Square, Belfast

Castle Place, Belfast

 

[belfastuniguy]

The demo of the finance building for Northern Bank

 

[hypnotoad24]

The days before modern "architecture". Glorious.

 

[newcastlepubs]

Great pics there.

 

[DylanG]

Belfast was easily the nicest city in Ireland. It still has a lot extremely nice buildings throughout the city centre, especially the City Hall. It’s just a shame there are so many ugly 1900s buildings (for obvious reasons) and that modern builds in the 2000s for the most part have been quite meh

 

[newcastlepubs]

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View from Donegall Square North, showing Donegall Square Methodist Church. Dated September 1874.

I assume what we have now is essentially just facade ?

 

[philosopher_yogi]

I assume what we have now is essentially just facade ?

Yep, see futurebelfast

"During 1997 – 1998 the structure was demolished and the new Ulster Bank office building was constructed behind the retained facade." - Ulster Bank - Future Belfast

 

[philosopher_yogi]

Belfast was easily the nicest city in Ireland. It still has a lot extremely nice buildings throughout the city centre, especially the City Hall. It’s just a shame there are so many ugly 1900s buildings (for obvious reasons) and that modern builds in the 2000s for the most part have been quite meh

I'm just thankful for the buildings we still have. A WW2 bomb landed on Richardson, Sons & Owden warehouse (M&S building) hence the Dormers and chimneys missing

 

[philosopher_yogi]

Donegall Place, Belfast, Co. Antrim

Donegall Place, Belfast, Co. Antrim

View from City Hall at Donegall Square North, Belfast

Castle Junction, Belfast

Castle Junction, Belfast, Co. Antrim

 

[Not Tall Enough]

I'm just thankful for the buildings we still have. A WW2 bomb landed on Richardson, Sons & Owden warehouse (M&S building) hence the Dormers and chimneys missing

Yeah, apart from the original Grand Central Hotel and the two corner buildings on Castle Place I think we have managed to hold on to most of our post card worthy Victorian buildings.
Its a pity Castle Court aged so terribly and was completely out of character with the rest of Royal Avenue. The buildings on Castle Place where also designed with car bombs in mind, but hopefully they will soon be replaced with something more for aesthetically pleasing.

When the Nationwide building is replaced (God willing) hopefully it is something more complimentary to its Victorian neighbours.

I don't actually mind the Danske Bank building, especially since they removed the terrible Northern Bank facade over the entrance and added a floor or two on top.

 

[Petaaa]

I think this belongs here

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1299482795925024768

 

[philosopher_yogi]

Queen's University / Botanic Area

Queen's College (University), Entrance Gate, Belfast, Co. Antrim

Bird's-eye view of Queen's University from Assembly's College. c.1905.

Botanic Gardens Entrance, Belfast, Co. Antrim - Robert French

Entrance to Botanical Gardens, Belfast, Co. Antrim

Botanic Gardens Entrance rear, Belfast, Co. Antrim -Robert French

Elmswood Church, Belfast, Co. Antrim - French, Robert

View of Elmswood Church from Methodist College, Belfast, Co. Antrim

Methodist College, Belfast, Co. Antrim

Presbyterian Assembly Buildings College side, Belfast, Co. Antrim

Presbyterian Assembly Buildings College, Belfast, Co. Antrim

Queen's College Deaf & Dumb Institution, Belfast, Co. Antrim

Note -"A school for the education of the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, designed by Charles Lanyon in an Elizabethan style. Costing £8,000, it opened to pupils in 1845 and was demolished in 1963. The the site is currently occupied by the Medical Biology Centre (MBC), Queen’s University of Belfast."

 

[Andy H]

Demolition of the deaf and dumb institute was a travesty! Basically just "it would cost too much to fix"...

 

[newcastlepubs]

Queen's University / Botanic Area

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Elmswood Church, Belfast, Co. Antrim - French, Robert

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View of Elmswood Church from Methodist College, Belfast, Co. Antrim

That's fantastically Italian looking...
Elmwood Hall - Wikipedia

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Presbyterian Assembly Buildings College side, Belfast, Co. Antrim

So this the predecessor of the current Fisherwick Pl' version? If so the old 'un is more impressive.

 

[hypnotoad24]

So this the predecessor of the current Fisherwick Pl' version? If so the old 'un is more impressive.

No, those buildings are behind Queen's University, still there today.

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I'd love to know what happened to that nice gatehouse at Botanic Gardens. Can we get that back!

 

[newcastlepubs]

Ah gotcha, I was thinking about the 'function', and yes the Gatehouse is pretty nice.

 

[hypnotoad24]

I think this belongs here

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1299482795925024768

Some great photos from that twitter account. Look what we used to have instead of the InShops.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1299639982467043328

 

[philosopher_yogi]

Demolition of the deaf and dumb institute was a travesty! Basically just "it would cost too much to fix"...

Would've made a great Medical school building for Queen's, instead of current MBC.

More photos

 

[philosopher_yogi]

No, those buildings are behind Queen's University, still there today.

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I'd love to know what happened to that nice gatehouse at Botanic Gardens. Can we get that back!

The gatehouse at the Botanic Gardens was probably turned to rubble sadly. Would be great if they could rebuild it to original plans, but unlikely with the current architecture/cultural paradigm.

 

[philosopher_yogi]

Some great photos from that twitter account. Look what we used to have instead of the InShops.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1299639982467043328

Followed them, good photos.
I think the building shown in-tweet was No.5-19 Church Lane.
1879 – No.5-19 Church Lane, Belfast