Wide Streets Commission
The Wide Streets Commission (literally translated: " Wide Streets Commission ") was introduced by the Dublin Corporation in 1757. The aim of this body was to create uniformity in the appearance of streets, bridges, buildings and other architectural structures.
In the decades that followed, the Commission redesigned the medieval city of Dublin and created a network of main streets by widening old streets on a large scale, demolishing them completely or building entirely new streets.
One of the first projects was the widening of the Essex Bridge (now: Grattan Bridge) in 1755 to cope with the increased traffic from pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages and herds of cattle crossing the River Liffey from Capel Street. The construction of Parliament Street and the Bank Royal Exchange (today: Dublin City Hall ) followed shortly thereafter.
Other important initiatives were the merging and straightening of some narrow streets in the northern part of Dublin to build Sackville Street, now O'Connell Street , Dublin's main thoroughfare. But Dame Street, College Green , Christchurch Street and George's Street are also the result of the project to widen the narrow streets of Georgian Dublin .
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This text is based on a translation of the article Wide Streets Commission from the English Wikipedia, version dated June 28, 2005.