Housing in Ireland Is Broken
Frank O’Connor and Jude Sherry wanted to show me another side of Cork.
Mr. O’Connor and Ms. Sherry moved to Cork, a city in the south of Ireland, in 2018 after a two-year stint in the Netherlands. They were immediately struck by the number of vacant and derelict properties they found. (In Amsterdam, Mr. O’Connor noted, if a building is empty for more than 12 months, the council can order the owner to take a tenant.) They started a project photographing empty properties and posting them online. Altogether, they said, they found some 700 empty properties within about a mile of downtown.… Seguir leyendo »