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3 years
Confirmed - the sign's up. New @RangersFC store opening in Belfast at 16 Donegall Place
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2 years
The scaffolding is down at 23 Bedford Street - redundant signage has been removed. The detail the Victorians put into a linen warehouse
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Lanyon Place. A new proposal submitted to open up 8 archways underneath East Bridge Street and use them for community business space - creche, gym, cafe, offices and pedestrian access to the Market
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2 years
Cunard's Queen Victoria arriving in Belfast Harbour this evening. In town for drydocking at Harland & Wolff. The largest cruise ship ever to have drydocked in a UK shipyard
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1 year
The scaffolding is down at 14 & 15 Upper Crescent. The buildings are being converted from derelict offices into 10 flats
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11 months
The Metro kiosk in Donegall Square West is gone - retiring to Cultra
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2 years
A bit more of the restored Bank Buildings is revealed. View from Royal Avenue
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2 years
More brick. University Road Methodist Church is back on the market for £750k after Wetherspoons failed to get approval to open it as a bar
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7 months
'The Freeman's Journal Branch Office' - ghost sign temporarily revealed today at 29 Gresham Street, Belfast #ghostsign
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Bank Square. What used to be the Tesco service yard has had a makeover. Now the back door to the 2 Royal Avenue 'community and cultural hub'
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Queen Street, Belfast #housefossil @GrimArtGroup
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Donegall Square East. The scaffolding is down from Pearl Assurance house after refurbishment work. Before & after
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2 years
New cycleway along Sydenham Road from Titanic Boulevard to the new eastern access road
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1 year
Grand Central Station is starting to take shape 🏗️🚉
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Donegall Road, Belfast #HouseFossil @GrimArtGroup
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2 years
The new pedestrian crossing on High Street has been completed - getting revellers safely between Skipper Street and Church Lane
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Queen Street. There's a proposal to refurbish the old Corporation Gas Showrooms for an art gallery relocating from Great Patrick Street. Another Vacant to Vibrant project to bring empty buildings back into use
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Pearl Assurance House - more scaffolding has been taken down on the Chichester Street side after refurbishment work
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High Street. The scaffolding is down from The National
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High Street - The nightclub and roof terrace above The National are being renovated and the Jackson Sports units in Imperial Buildings are set to become a Trait coffee shop
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The remaining terraces on Great Victoria Street after their makeover
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2 years
Closing Brunswick Street to traffic between James Street South & Franklin Street - new bar, outdoor seating and performance stage. No pavement parker is getting past this lot
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Work has started on the (much needed) new pedestrian crossing on High Street - linking Skipper Street with Church Lane
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2 years
The Ewart warehouse on Bedford Street - before and after. Part of the 210,000 sq ft office development
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High Street. Work seems to have started to refurbish and reopen the Transport House union offices
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4 months
Got a better photo of Pearl Assurance House during the week
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Donegall Square East. The scaffolding is down from Pearl Assurance house after refurbishment work. Before & after
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1 year
The scaffolding has come down
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Queens Arcade on Donegall Place. Scaffolding is up for the conversion of vacant first floor space to retail use
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7 Express on Royal Avenue. A planning application is being considered to convert the vacant upper floors into 12 flats
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7 months
Malone Road. The Eglantine Inn has had a makeover and reopened as the Post House
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2 years
The planting and public realm work on Adelaide Street has been completed
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Templemore Avenue. The restoration of the Corporation Public Baths seems almost complete - swimming pool, gym & spa
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The scaffolding is down at the Thompson Dock pump house on Queens Road. Titanic Distillers are converting it into a whiskey distillery & visitor attraction
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2 years
More of Bank Buildings has been revealed after restoration work. The view earlier this week from Castle Street
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6 months
University Road - The scaffolding is down from the new Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry
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Castle Buildings in 2013 and after refurbishment work in 2022. Now 9 flats on the upper floors and ground floor retail unit
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2 years
Another seating area being installed on Linenhall Street, replacing parking spaces. Just behind City Hall
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2 years
Thompson Dock pump house on Queens Road - Titanic Distillers have started work to convert it into a whiskey distillery & visitor attraction
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The repaving of Sugerhouse Entry between Waring Street and High Street is almost finished
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Queen Street. Scaffolding up on the old Corporation Gas Showroom building as it's converted into an art gallery
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Queen Street. There's a proposal to refurbish the old Corporation Gas Showrooms for an art gallery relocating from Great Patrick Street. Another Vacant to Vibrant project to bring empty buildings back into use
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Sugarhouse Entry. The name has been added to the alleyway running from Waring Street to High Street, but it's still gated off at present
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2 years
Ann Street. Scaffolding up on Riddel's Warehouse for the fitting of a new slate roof covering
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2 years
Ulster University sign is up on York Street
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Pret a Manger have submitted a planning application for signage on 11 Donegall Square West. Their first outlet in NI
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Flax Street on the Crumlin Road has been reopened. Closed in the 1980's, the interface barrier has been replaced with gates
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The sheeting has been removed from the Shaftesbury Square Social Security Office - derelict since a 1992 car bombing
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Donegall Place - The new River Island looks almost ready to open
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Dunbar Street. New artwork by Kitsune Jolene on the Common Market building
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Scaffolding going up at Pearl Assurance House on Donegall Square East. The building has planning permission to convert the ground floor & basement for restaurant / cafe use and refurbish the upstairs offices
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Public realm works on Adelaide Street. One lane of traffic & on street parking on the western side removed to create space for planters, seating & cycle parking
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The scaffolding is down at Wilton House on College Square North. 8 flats in the converted original building and 15 in a new build block to the rear
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'Ormeau Bridge' - The latest @DanKitchener artwork at the Lower Ormeau end of University Street. There'll soon be enough of his murals for a bus tour (1/6)
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Corporation Square. Work is underway on the City Quays urban garden next to the Harbour Office
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Lower Ormeau. The lock keepers house on the towpath by McConnells Weir is being refurbished and extended - cafe, community hub and gardens
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Belfast Harbour are to hold a public consultation event on proposals for 70 new homes in Sailortown. Two vacant industrial sites on Pilot Street have been identified for housing
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Donegall Street. New cafe & shop being fitted out close to Ulster University - previously a picture framers. The Marshall Newsagents ghost sign remains intact
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11 months
The hoardings have been removed from the Printworks development on Queen Street
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3 years
11-15 Donegall Place scrubbed up well. Yesterday and two years ago
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1 year
Couldn't resist another look today
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The scaffolding was coming down today at the Printworks development on Queen Street
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North Street. The listed phone box is now owned by the Royal Society of Ulster Architects who plan to use it as a small gallery for local designers
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Bedford Street. Scaffolding going up on Bryson House - the new home of the Royal Ulster Rifles Regimental museum
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Activity on the Golden Mile. New hoardings have gone up around 122-126 Great Victoria Street. The site has planning permission for ground floor restaurant space and 11 flats upstairs
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The Keep is starting to be revealed on Castle Lane - redevelopment of the old BHS building. H&M, Deichman shoes and Apple are expected to be among the new tenants
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Progress on the new Grand Central Station - the view from Grosvenor Road
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2 years
19-27 Lombard Street, Delaneys in my day. A planning application has been submitted to demolish the single storey building and replace it with a 5 storey block - ground floor cafe / restaurant & 12 flats above
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Glazing on the new Grand Central Station. View from the train at Great Victoria Street
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2 years
Completed - the new Ulster University campus on York Street
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Gresham Street. Good to see another vacant unit in Smithfield being restored and brought back into use. High Society Cut Club - classic barbershop
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2 years
The new tiled shopfront at 10 to 16 Castle Place. Ground floor retail with 9 flats upstairs
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Completed - 16-24 Cornmarket, two floors of retail with two floors of office space above. Replaces derelict shops
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Mount Charles - the private street between University Road and Botanic Avenue. Numbers 8-14 have come on the market. Office buildings with residential potential
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2 years
Looks like three of the derelict properties on Great Victoria Street are about to be demolished. There's no sign of any proposals for anything to replace them
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For those who liked the brickwork on the Bedford Street linen warehouse - Shaftesbury Square Hospital on Great Victoria Street
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Bryson House on Bedford Street. The scaffolding is coming down from the former warehouse after refurbishment
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The scaffolding is down on the Ewarts warehouse building on Bedford Street. Pictures yesterday and 5 years ago
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Balmoral Buildings on College Square East. 6 flats converted from vacant offices.
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The site hoarding is down at University Street. Grade B2 listed house being restored & reconfigured as 3 x two bedroom flats by Clanmil Housing
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Mount Charles. New paving is revealed as the hoardings around the Seamus Heaney Centre start to come down
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York Street Train Station opened yesterday. Yorkgate is now closed - awaiting demolition
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Bank Buildings is starting to take shape again 🏗️
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Completed - 100 Great Patrick Street. Warehouse converted into workspace for youth charities
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The new Dan Kitchener artwork in Bank Square. On the rear wall of the former Berry Street Presbyterian Church - now Hope Chapel Lane
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Work has restarted on 14-15 Upper Crescent. They're set to become an 8 bedroom luxury guesthouse
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Titanic Quarter. The first cores at the Loft Lines development are up to the eighth floor - 778 flats for rent 🏗️ 🏗️ 🏗️
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Scaffolding is going up on the former Debenhams unit in Castlecourt. Being converted into an entertainment centre with crazy golf, lazer quest, indoor caving, escape rooms, bumper cars, virtual reality arcade, coffee shop, restaurants, bars and a cinema 👷
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Donegall Place. Coming soon signage for the new Ivy Collection restaurant in the Robinson & Cleaver building
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Completed - Titanic Distillers have opened in the Thompson Dock pump house on Queens Road
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The scaffolding was coming down today at the Printworks development on Queen Street
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Howard Street - the Presbyterian War Memorial Hostel building. Scaffolding is coming down from what is now the Flint Hotel after an exterior upgrade
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Scaffolding going up on the Donegall Square East side of Pearl Assurance House. Office refurbishment and ground floor restaurant / cafes
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A for sale sign has gone up on the Irish News building on Donegall Street - 0.65 acre site on the doorstep of the new Ulster University campus. The paper is moving to the Fountain Centre on College Street
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3 years
New Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham is proposing to refurbish and re-open Transport House on High Street
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Sharon Graham
3 years
Having now reported back to the Executive Council, I outlined the need to give greater political autonomy to all of our nations and islands. I want our nations and islands to have more freedom to make political decisions. #membersgs
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Beginning to tackle the decline of Royal Avenue? A developer has submitted a planning application for 31-39, Proposing a ground floor restaurant and 13 flats above
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2 years
Bank Buildings - not long to go now. Primark reopens in November
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Donegall Square East. The first section of ground floor scaffolding has been removed down from Pearl Assurance House after refurbishment work
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Nearing completion - 23 new flats and 3 retail units on the corner of the Lisburn Road and Tates Avenue
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Almost finished - new park replacing wasteland along the Westlink between Peters Hill and Carlisle Circus
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2 years
Work continues on 10-16 Castle Place. The upper floors have planning permission to be converted into 9 flats
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North Belfast Working Mens Club on Danube Street. It's taken a long time, but I finally got a photo with no vehicles parked outside
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Whites Beer Hall on High Street looks as if it's opening soon. The unit was previously The Wicker Man
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Wilton House again - the site hoardings have come down on College Square North. There will be 8 flats in the old building and 15 new build at the rear
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