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. 4 Irish lndepenclenl, ThursclrJY, November 27, 1958.
ITHE WONDERLAND OF GRAFTON ST.I
Switched On By The lighting scheme, de- signed by Mr. Patrick Scott, M.R.I·A., consists of a series or 20 pointed skeleton stars tipped with silver baubles. and suspern:led over the centre of Grafton Street-flood-lit from adjoining Huildings. Thousands of white electric
.. Lord Mayor
bulbs are carried down each
side of the sitreet to Trinity JHE Lord Mayor, Mrs. Byrne, Colle·ge. ·
switched on the Grafton Street lights at·· Creation House, yesterday, before several hundred people. She
NEW FEA TURE
Scarlet streamers h!ghligiht the garlands a:t intervals and opposite Trinity College a new feature is introduced by out- size silver wreaths decorated with scarlet bows.
These touches pf scarlet are the only vivid· note in entire scheme which by its restrain·t in tihe use of colbur achieves an elegant distinction in keeping with the o).rnracter of the thoroughfare often re- f erred to as Dublin's "Boi1d Street."
· was introduced by Mr. M. Chairman of the G r a ft o n
Fisher,
.Street Development Council, and before the
ceremony, was presented with a bouquet
by Mrs. C. McQuiston. A reception
_was held later in Creation House. This is the first time that Graf1ton Street has been de- corated for Christmas and the Development Council are to be congratulated on the enterpris- ing spirit of their approach to
Grafton Street Illuminations
Sophistication
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Is Keynote Of Lights Display
G R A F T O N STREET, long the city's most fashionable quarter, remained true to its traditions in its first scheme of Christmas lights; the slender, winding proportions of the steeply rising thoroughfare have been utilised to provide a display of sophisticated, contemporary E!legance and sensi- tive feeling. Restraint is evident in the colour scheme. Suspended above the centre of the street 20 outsize skeleton stars are tipped with silver baubles which flash and scintillate in the flood-lighting from the adjoining buildings, while garlands of white electric bulbs carried between the lamp-posts form brilliant b6rders of light
CHRISTMAS ILLUMINATIONS IN GRAFTON STREET.
HISTORY has a habit of for the instiiation M e1ectr1c Dublin life for over 250 years. and repeating itself, and it light. and the switching on 1Uany ideas have been thought happened yesterday evening ceremony on that occasion was out for attracting shoppers and
in Grafton Street. the popu- also made a festive evening. visitors down the years.
above the footpaths.
It ls a simple scheme but strikingly effective and the newly-formed Grafton 'street Development Council may well congratulate the young Cork architect, Mr. Patrick ·Scott. M.R.I.A., who was responsible
New York Museum of Modern Art.
The lighting begins opposite Trinity Co!Iege and in its path upwards towards Grafton St., proper passes Pigott's, which,
lar Dublin shopping ORIGINALITY
A large crowd gathered The Christmas lights th Is
there to watch the Lord vear in Grafton Street are dif-
M a y 0 r. Councillor M rs. ferent from the style chosen in
anv other city centre. Instead of Catherine Byrne, ·switching using coloure.d lights the whole
on the Christmas illumina- street is bathed in white lights. tions. Probably very few. if Thev run down e,..ch side of the any, of those present realised street and shine from snot-lights that they were repeating a on to nlastic and tinsel decora- very similar scene from t.he tions thAt hani:t nver the centre
AN 1840 SPECTACLE
In 1840 a full grown lion. a Royal Bengal tigress and a three months old cub were on show in a Grafton Street store. While that snectacle certainly brought t,he crowds. it is certain that this vear's decoraions will nrove no iess pffective. es'leciallv as all b11siness esta:blishments and •tnres o:one a1! out to nro- vide striking window displays. while the nP'v r:r..,ation House is
open for insNction.
despite its 135 years of estab- · for the design and direction lishment, shows no sign of age of the scheme. Mr. Scott is in its handsome facade and already well-known in other smart up-to-da.te interior. Here spheres and featured promi· for the next three weeks the nently in recent news when record department will be ex- his painting "Girl Carrying ceptionally crowded for with Grasses" was rejected by the every year that passes the
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long-ago past.
Grafton Street was the first Grafton StrPet has :ilwavs
of the thoroughfare.
main street in the city selected played a .leading part In the
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the project.
ONLY BEGINNING
Designs for 1959 have naturally not yet been an- nounced although there are suggestions that perhaps next year· will see the gilding or silvering of the star skeleton or po•ssibly an increased con· centration of lit:tht. ·
Ulster Arts Advisory Council; a variation on the same theme has been purchased by the
discophiles grow more numer- ous and the demand for re- cords as gifts increases.
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1e ultra modern motif used so effectively In the Graft<1n Street decorations.