Doorway, The Plains, Belfast
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Doorway, The Plains, Belfast
Image: © Albert Bridge Taken: 23 Aug 2013
The Plains was an area (now forgotten) roughly between what were to become Donegall Pass and the Botanic Gardens. In the years 1870/71 a property developer (not a new breed) by the name of Robert Corry Image obtained a long lease of some of that part of the Donegall Estate and began to build houses for the expanding middle class (“merchants and managers”). This doorway, in Fitzroy Avenue, was an example of the aspirations of expanding Belfast’s new petite bourgeoisie. The 1901 census shows that some had servants while others took in boarders. The area has since become almost entirely devoted to student and similar accommodation.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.585374
Longitude
-5.930215