Basic Info
Release: September 23, 2022
Runtime: 37 min
Status: Released
The Sprawling Octopus of an Elevated Highway
2022
37 min
Overview
In 1968, B.K.S. Traffic Consultants proposed an elevated highway for Cork city, with over 90 acres of demolition estimated for parking clearances in the central island area. The £16.5m construction, which was due to stretch from the Port to the Courthouse, Patrick's Hill to Barrack Street, would have seen the city surrender to the motorcar. Michelle Delea's film interviews former architects of 'The City Seventy Planning Group', which emerged from the pioneering class of the Crawford School of Architecture. This group, supported by journalist Mary Leland, successfully campaigned against the B.K.S. Traffic Plan, preserving the character of the city as we know it today.
Genres
Documentary
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- English en
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Cast
Mary Leland
Herself
Gerard O'Callaghan
Himself
Harry Wallace
Himself
Gerald McCarthy
Himself
John Santry
Himself
Des Heffernan
Himself
John Heffernan
Himself
Neil Hegarty
Himself
Dr. Michael Waldron
Himself
Crew
Michelle Delea
Director
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