Joy Street, Belfast (May 2018)
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Joy Street, Belfast (May 2018) by Albert Bridge as part of the Geograph project.
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Joy Street, Belfast (May 2018)
Image: © Albert Bridge Taken: 12 May 2018
“The Troubles” generated (at least) two lasting changes to urban planning in NI. The first was the closure of town-centre streets to vehicular traffic (other than deliveries) - later established practice enhanced by environmental improvements. Once it became clear that civil disorder was going to be a feature of urban life, new social housing was built in a manner intended to eliminate long, through streets replacing them with short cul-de-sacs which could be blocked by just one army or police Land Rover. The practice evolved into today’s “courtyard” designs Image This scene is towards the Ormeau Avenue end of Joy Street - used only as an example.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.593662
Longitude
-5.926236