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Rob Cross

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Rob Cross

@RobCross247

Digital specialist, architectural designer, best-selling author, artist, and AI & BIM/GIS expert | derelictsites.com Email: [email protected]

Ireland

Joined May 2013

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Rob Cross
@RobCross247
Feb 20
My derelictsites.com website has just gone live.🏚️⚡️🎉 I've created a data-led project focused on vacancy and dereliction in Ireland as part of the wider housing and town-centre crisis. This regeneration project examines the scale and impact of derelict and long-term
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Rob Cross
@RobCross247
Mar 21, 2020
64% rise in rental properties across #Dublin in midst of #Covid_19 crisis according to property website @daftmedia as landlords start withdrawing their rentals from short-term listing sites like #Airbnb and are offering them into the market instead. #HousingCrisis #CoronaCrisis
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Rob Cross
@RobCross247
Sep 23, 2022
My graphic of vacant sites and 3,786 entire #Airbnb houses/apartments in Dublin. 10,568 people are homeless (7431 adults and 3137 children) but yet more than 70% of all residential zoned vacant sites in #Dublin are owned by Dublin City Council or State Controlled. #HousingCrisis
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Rob Cross
@RobCross247
Aug 16, 2022
This is the last-ever footage of Michael Collins taken #OTD in 1922 at the funeral of Arthur Griffith in Glasnevin Cemetery, who died on 12th August 1922. Sadly just 6 days after this footage was taken Collins himself would be buried in Glasnevin Cemetery. 📚#TheColourOfIreland🇮🇪
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Rob Cross
@RobCross247
Feb 28, 2020
Where did it all go wrong?🙈 Once our architectural heritage is gone, it's gone forever! My restored and colourised 1890 photo of old Alexandra Schools (right) and the Dublin Exhibition Palace (left) now the National Concert Hall on Earlsfort Terrace in Dublin. #Dublin #Ireland
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Rob Cross
@RobCross247
Jul 18, 2024
Leaving properties derelict for decades should be a crime against the state. Owners of derelict and vacant properties must either use them or lose them. Implementing a dereliction tax, such as 100% of the property's price paid over five years with an upfront penalty, could
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Rob Cross
@RobCross247
Aug 19, 2022
Bringing #Ireland's #History to Life🇮🇪📽️🗳️ My colourised 1922 footage features Michael Collins election canvassing in West Cork and addressing a large gathering about the Anglo-Irish Treaty in the city of Cork. 🎶by Liam O'Flynn & Planxty-Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór 📚#TheColourOfIreland🇮🇪
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Rob Cross
@RobCross247
Dec 26, 2020
For those interested in my work, this is the last ever footage taken of Michael Collins at the funeral of Arthur Griffith in Glasnevin Cemetery, who died on 12th August 1922. Sadly just 12 days after this footage was taken Collins himself would be buried in Glasnevin Cemetery.
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Rob Cross
@RobCross247
Apr 7, 2023
Now, wouldn't it make a great statue? Kurt Cobain outside the Old Grand Parade Hotel in #Cork. In 1991, Sonic Youth played at Sir Henry's, supported by the then virtually unknown band called #Nirvana where they played 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' for the first time outside America.
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Rob Cross
@RobCross247
Feb 5, 2021
Kurt Cobain outside the Old Grand Parade Hotel in #Cork. On August 20, 1991, Sonic Youth played Sir Henry's, supported by the then virtually unknown band called #Nirvana where they played 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' for the first time outside North America. #LateLate #LateLateShow
Rob Cross
@RobCross247
Jun 12, 2020
Bringing Ireland's History to Life 🇮🇪 This is the last ever footage taken of Michael Collins at the funeral of Arthur Griffith in Glasnevin Cemetery, who died on 12 August 1922. Sadly just 12 days after this footage was taken Collins himself would be buried in Glasnevin Cemetery.
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Rob Cross
@RobCross247
Mar 15, 2020
My colourised 1932 photo of workers having lunch on the Rockefeller Center in New York City which includes two Irish workers, Sonny Glynn far right holding the bottle, and the man on the far left is Matty O’Shaughnessy both from the Galway village of Shanaglish. 🇨🇮 #NYC #DeOldify
Rob Cross
@RobCross247
Aug 19, 2020
Where did it all go wrong?🙈 Blackrock Baths in 1933 and today. #Dublin #Ireland
Rob Cross
@RobCross247
Jan 22, 2021
Bringing #Ireland's History to Life🇮🇪 My colourised 1922 footage featuring Michael Collins election canvassing in West Cork and then addressing a large gathering about the Anglo-Irish Treaty in Cork. 🎶Liam O'Flynn & Planxty - Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór #LateLate #TradFest #TradFestAtHome
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