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BELFAST - A WALK AROUND QUEEN’S QUARTER [ONION QUEEN CHINESE RESTAURANT 102 STRANMILLIS ROAD]-121199
I took these photographs on the 16th of June and I walked from Donegall Quay to Stranmillis College. When I started out the rain was heavy but but by the time I got to Stranmillis College the weather was so bad that I could not continue to take photographs because I could not keep the lens clear of water. I then had to wait almost an hour for a bus back to the city centre so I was in a bad humour by the end of the day.
Unlike Dublin sections of Belfast are totally dominated by local institutions and this is especially noticeable if one visits what is now known as the Queen’s Quarter. Almost every business and commercial activity in the area depends on the existence and activities of the university or its students.
The main university building in beautiful and well worth a visit but much of the surrounding area is not as attractive as one might expect it to be. The high proportion of students (80% in some parts) has led to a decline in the number of full-time residents in the area, and a marked increase in anti-social behaviour in recent years. Although students live across the entire quarter, the Holylands area to the east of the Lanyon Building has become infamous for this behaviour which has included anti-social behaviour from some students as well as retaliation attacks from a minority of full-time residents. Partly because of this, the Holylands has not developed like the other parts of south Belfast and so is not part of the Quarter, but is included in what is called the 'University Area' by the local media.
The area is known for its architecture which includes not only the Lanyon Building, but also Union Theological College (a Presbyterian training college used as the base for the Parliament of Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1932), the main building of Methodist College Belfast and Elmwood Hall (a former Presbyterian Church, now owned by Queen's and used as a concert hall). The main building of Stranmillis College (part of Queen's) was also designed by Charles Lanyon.
BELFAST - A WALK AROUND QUEEN’S QUARTER [ONION QUEEN CHINESE RESTAURANT 102 STRANMILLIS ROAD]-121199
I took these photographs on the 16th of June and I walked from Donegall Quay to Stranmillis College. When I started out the rain was heavy but but by the time I got to Stranmillis College the weather was so bad that I could not continue to take photographs because I could not keep the lens clear of water. I then had to wait almost an hour for a bus back to the city centre so I was in a bad humour by the end of the day.
Unlike Dublin sections of Belfast are totally dominated by local institutions and this is especially noticeable if one visits what is now known as the Queen’s Quarter. Almost every business and commercial activity in the area depends on the existence and activities of the university or its students.
The main university building in beautiful and well worth a visit but much of the surrounding area is not as attractive as one might expect it to be. The high proportion of students (80% in some parts) has led to a decline in the number of full-time residents in the area, and a marked increase in anti-social behaviour in recent years. Although students live across the entire quarter, the Holylands area to the east of the Lanyon Building has become infamous for this behaviour which has included anti-social behaviour from some students as well as retaliation attacks from a minority of full-time residents. Partly because of this, the Holylands has not developed like the other parts of south Belfast and so is not part of the Quarter, but is included in what is called the 'University Area' by the local media.
The area is known for its architecture which includes not only the Lanyon Building, but also Union Theological College (a Presbyterian training college used as the base for the Parliament of Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1932), the main building of Methodist College Belfast and Elmwood Hall (a former Presbyterian Church, now owned by Queen's and used as a concert hall). The main building of Stranmillis College (part of Queen's) was also designed by Charles Lanyon.