{"id":15798,"date":"2015-08-18T08:40:06","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T07:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/?p=15798"},"modified":"2015-08-18T08:40:06","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T07:40:06","slug":"something-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/2015\/something-new\/","title":{"rendered":"Something New"},"content":{"rendered":"

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. \u00a0Just last week it looked like this:<\/p>\n

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And then over the last few days it has started to take shape like this:<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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:<\/p>\n

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– or the arrival of Belfast Met:<\/p>\n

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– 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:
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