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Irish Paul of Winnipeg @irishpaul-clerkin.bsky.social · 1d

Took this a bunch of years ago in Chicago, the monolithic IBM building by Mies, all the repetition, the monochromatic colours, and then the little splash of colour from the US flag in the corner

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Irish Paul of Winnipeg @irishpaul-clerkin.bsky.social · 1d

Oh boy there's a video of a semi truck and trailer having rolled away into traffic from a gas station in Winnipeg. Professional drivers.

Irish Paul of Winnipeg @irishpaul-clerkin.bsky.social · 1d

Ireland's most famous Monaghan man, poet Patrick Kavanagh, and the bane of many a first year university student trying to make new friends.

"Where are ye from?"
"Monaghan" waits for it
"O stony grey soil of Monaghan, The laugh from my love you...."
"FFS" Walks away, scenario repeats later same day

Paul Clerkin, Archiseek.com @archiseek.bsky.social · 1d

Going through my photo archives, here's Paddy from the other direction, some buildings in background gone now. #dublin The 19th century terrace remains.

Statue of a notoriously tetchy Monaghan man

Irish Paul of Winnipeg @irishpaul-clerkin.bsky.social · 1d

Having used that route down Arlington, while certainly handy to get to Portage for other buses - its no street for buses.

Wolseley residents want changes after Winnipeg Transit overhaul sends buses down Arlington | CBC News

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Kenton Larsen @kentonlarsen.bsky.social · 2d

Bring back the old routes. “Since the Transit overhaul, the city has had a wave of feedback from riders, most of which has been negative. Winnipeg Transit has said it needs a year to analyze travel patterns before making major changes.” - via ⁦‪CBC‬⁩
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Some Wolseley residents are crying foul over recent changes to Winnipeg’s transit network, saying too many buses are now travelling down Arlington Street in their neighbourhood.

www.cbc.ca

Irish Paul of Winnipeg @irishpaul-clerkin.bsky.social · 2d

Don't even remember taking this one, no idea why I didn't use it, miles better than the one on site. Chapel, Arbour Hill Prison, Dublin

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Irish Paul of Winnipeg @irishpaul-clerkin.bsky.social · 2d

Another photo I never used. Pro-Cathedral and the Spire, Dublin. 2003

1912 - St. Stephen's Green Gallery Proposal, Dublin - Architecture of Dublin City, Unbuilt Ireland - Archiseek.com

Irish Paul of Winnipeg @irishpaul-clerkin.bsky.social · 3d

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Irish Paul of Winnipeg @irishpaul-clerkin.bsky.social · 3d

I feel shorts season may be over.

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Irish Paul of Winnipeg @irishpaul-clerkin.bsky.social · 3d

Why do I seem to be always unsubscribing from Linkedin emails. I don't want them, they are depressing, they're the opposite of a dopamine rush.

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Paul Clerkin, Archiseek.com @archiseek.bsky.social · 4d

1912 - St. Stephen's Green Gallery Proposal, Dublin #dublin #architecture #dublinarchitecture

www.archiseek.com/1912-st-step...

Architect: Sir Edwin Lutyens The lesser known of the two suggested concepts for a gallery to house the collection of Sir Hugh Lane. Lane was keen to use

www.archiseek.com

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Irish Paul of Winnipeg @irishpaul-clerkin.bsky.social · 4d

Damn Fenians

1913 – Fort Garry Hotel, Broadway, Winnipeg, Manitoba - Architecture of Winnipeg - Archiseek.com

Irish Paul of Winnipeg @irishpaul-clerkin.bsky.social · 4d

The Irish at War
on the other place

#OnThisDay 1871 John O’Neill & his Fenians attack a Canadian customs house & Hudson Bay Company post at Pembina, Manitoba in an ill-fated attempt to invade Canada. The border was 1-2 miles north so they never actually got to Canada & were arrested by Americans.

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Irish Paul of Winnipeg @irishpaul-clerkin.bsky.social · 4d

More on the building www.archiseek.com/1913-fort-ga...

Architect: Ross & MacFarlane Built between 1911 and 1913, the Fort Garry Hotel was designed by George A. Ross and David H. MacFarlane in a French chateau

www.archiseek.com

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Irish Paul of Winnipeg @irishpaul-clerkin.bsky.social · 4d

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...

www.theguardian.com

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Irish Paul of Winnipeg @irishpaul-clerkin.bsky.social · 4d

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Irish Paul of Winnipeg @irishpaul-clerkin.bsky.social · 5d

Well that's a damp morning. Glad i filled a few bags of leaves yesterday.

Irish Paul of Winnipeg @irishpaul-clerkin.bsky.social · 5d

Corner Edmonton Street and Sargeant Avenue, Winnipeg #winnipeg

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Irish Paul of Winnipeg @irishpaul-clerkin.bsky.social · 5d

I remember being at the Cliffs of Moher, probably mid 90s. And a big German coach had a slide-out kitchen underneath. All these older German folks having wurst straight off the grill and beers in a carpark in Co. Clare.

Irish Paul of Winnipeg @irishpaul-clerkin.bsky.social · 5d

A more modern vehicle, so muct be still in business

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Paul Clerkin, Archiseek.com @archiseek.bsky.social · 5d

It's a bus. it's a trailer, it's a hotel.

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Irish Paul of Winnipeg @irishpaul-clerkin.bsky.social · 5d

Go to the bar/restaurant in Inn at the Forks

Irish Paul of Winnipeg @irishpaul-clerkin.bsky.social · 6d

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