Something New

More transformations in the Titanic Quarter – this has suddenly sprung up beside the Movie Studios over the last few weeks!
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It’s the new Titanic Exhibition Centre and it’s been amazing to watch its progress as we’ve tootled past on the tram each day.  Just last week it looked like this:

And then over the last few days it has started to take shape like this:

And if all goes according to plan, in another few weeks it will look like this – it’s due to be open for a wedding exhibition by mid-September!
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It reminds me of the early days of the Dock, long before cafes and honesty boxes and pop-up markets – back when most conversations took place on foot, walking amongst the constantly changing landscape of the emerging TQ.

I dug out a few old photos of ‘works in progress’ I’ve been able to watch over the years – like the emergence of the ARC apartments:

– or the arrival of Belfast Met:

– or of course the transformation of the rubble-strewn slipways where Titanic was built into the stunning edifice of Titanic Belfast – beauty and awe and hope springing up out of the ground:

Titanic Belfast Appears from The DOCK on Vimeo.

There’s something about being surrounded by creativity and transformation that just makes my spirit soar.  It’s a physical reminder of a bigger truth: that Belfast is not stuck – we are changing and growing, building and trying  new things.

It’s such an inspiring place to go to work every day.