The Importance of a Denser City

Dublin has 270 hectares of prime land in the port. It's one-third the size of Phoenix Park, which is largest urban park in Europe. If you move the port, it's a huge event. The whole idea here is to get our head around the notion that people actually like to live beside the sea. Dublin has done something amazing. It's a maritime capital that has turned its back on the sea. And if we don't build at some level of density, when we talk about Jane Jacobs, what we will do is we will just build out an art deco city. We'll have more and more and more pollution, more and more commuting. Add into green spaces