Guinness Factory

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Ok so it was a marketing exercise dressed up as an historical/cultural attraction but a visit to the Guinness Factory in Dublin is well worth the 13 euro entrance fee. The Storehouse building alone is worth a look: the first "Chicago School" steel framed building in Europe (the modern high rise finds its root in the Chicago School which in a practical sense prospered due to the need to rebuild that city following the Great Chicago Fire of 1871)

"a time when machines were works of art ..." - have they never seen an ipod?!
More of my Guinness Factory photos ...

Wednesday, December 01, 2004