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St. Stephen's Green (8)
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![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2465 W: 62 N: 2680]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (9835) | | This is one of the bridges over the waterways in St. Stephen's Green. St. Stephen's Green is an inner-city public park in Dublin, Ireland. The park is within the city centre, adjoining the nearby shopping area of Grafton Street. n medieval times, St. Stephen’s Green was a marshy commons on the edge of Dublin, used for grazing. In 1663, Dublin Corporation seeing an opportunity to raise much needed revenue decided to enclose the centre of the common, and to sell land around the perimeter for building. The park was enclosed with a wall in 1664. The houses built around the Green were rapidly replaced by the Georgian style and by the end of the eighteenth century, the Green was a place of resort for the better-off of the city. Much of the present-day landscape of the square comprises modern buildings, some in a replica Georgian style, and relatively little survives from the 18th and 19th centuries. (Wikipedia) |
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