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Encyclopedia > Titanic Quarter, Belfast
Harland and Wolff's gantry cranes 'Samson' and 'Goliath', in Titanic Quarter, Belfast
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Harland and Wolff's gantry cranes 'Samson' and 'Goliath', in Titanic Quarter, Belfast

Titanic Quarter in Belfast, is an area situated on reclaimed land in Belfast city harbour, formerly called Queen's Island. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Harland and Wolffs gantry cranes Samson and Goliath, in Titanic Quarter, Belfast Titanic Quarter in Belfast, is an area situated on reclaimed land in Belfast city harbour, formerly called Queens Island. ...


This huge area, previously owned by Harland and Wolff shipyards in Belfast, and named after the company's most famous product RMS Titanic, has been earmarked for development as a blue-chip technology district, including apartments, a riverside entertainment district, and a major Titanic-themed attraction. On July 2006 work began on the first stage of the development. Previously, Titanic Quarter was largely a brownfield site, notable only for the presence of the abandoned headquarters of Harland & Wolff (now relocated) and, since 2005, the Northern Ireland Science Park, a hothouse development hi-tech science park affliated closely with Queen's University, Belfast. The Odyssey Complex is adjacent to Queen's Island/Titanic Quarter. On 31 October 2006, BBC News reported that Belfast Institute for Further and Higher Education plans to build a new £44 campus in Titanic Quarter moving from its Belfast city centre sites on Brunswick Street and College Square East in 2009 BBC News - Titanic Quarter move for college. Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries began as a shipyard located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... Look up titanic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up titanic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Queens University, Belfast - or officially The Queens University of Belfast (QUB; in Irish, Ollscoil na Banríona, Béal Feirste) - is a university in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... For other uses see Odyssey (disambiguation) The Odyssey is a large sports and entertainment centre in the city of Belfast. ...


Titanic Quarter is also the name of a private development company that is developing the area.

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History

The area first came to public attention as 'Titanic Park' in 1995 when it was offically launced by President Bill Clinton at the Washington Peace Conference. Nothing much happened for about 7 years, but plans accelerated in September 2002 when the former head of public-private investment company Laganside Corporation, Mike Smith, was appointed as Chief Executive of the renamed "Titanic Quarter" . In October 2005, building work finaly commenced on 'Abercorn Apartments', the first official development of Titanic Quarter. Order: 42nd President Vice President: Al Gore Term of office: January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001 Preceded by: George H. W. Bush Succeeded by: George W. Bush Date of birth: August 19, 1946 Place of birth: Hope, Arkansas First Lady: Hillary Rodham Clinton Political party: Democratic William Jefferson Clinton (born... The Laganside Corporation is a public body formed by the Laganside Development (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 with the goal of regenerating large sections of land in Greater Belfast, Northern Ireland adjacent to the River Lagan. ...


Technology Quarter

It is hoped that Titanic Quarter will eventually develop into a hi-technology orientated village, a new-model futuristic sector, very much in the mould of Paris's La Défense. In the past, enterpreneurship in specialist technology sectors has been evident in Northern Ireland, in such areas as shipbuilding and aerospace. Harland and Wolff and Shorts Bombardier, the province's two key players in the above industries, have recently downsized majorly, at the loss of a great number of jobs and an even greater level of confidence for Belfast and Northern Ireland. Titanic Quarter is, however, seen as an attempt to encourage a reversal in fortune, by building research and development capital (through endeavours such as the Northern Ireland Science park) while at the same time attracting leading blue-chip industries to set up in Belfast. La Défense, the new skyline of Paris La Défense is one of Paris major central business districts, located west of the city proper in the heart of the département of the Hauts-de-Seine. ... Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries began as a shipyard located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ...


The Future

Titanic Quarter, Belfast. Work began here on July 2006 to redevelop the whole area.
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Titanic Quarter, Belfast. Work began here on July 2006 to redevelop the whole area.

As a functioning 'quarter' in Belfast, Titanic Quarter has yet to make any cultural imprint, and its legacy remains to be seen. Titanic Quarter's main challenges will be to avoid the soulless grand-architectural statement of countless similar 'new developments'; La Défense; Brasilia; and instead encourage a truly organic development that will fuse it with the history of the area and the city as a whole. The October 2006 announcement that BIFHE will relocate to the site, doubtless with all the recreational trappings of student life; bars, shops and such; as well as recent speculation that Titanic Quarter was being courted by the Northern Ireland Office as a potential site for Northern Ireland's proposed multi-sports stadium (now favoured for the former Maze site), is sign at least that Titanic Quarter will not be be 'all-work-and-no-play'. As mentioned above, Titanic Quarter Developments are currently at work on a Titanic-themed attraction that aims to bring not only pale-looking research and development scientists to the area, but tourists and families too. As Titanic Quarter Ltd. aims to attract residential and technological development in the area, meaning work and living space, its relationship to Belfast City Centre, situated just across the river Lagan, remains undefined. Due to the high predicted level of commercial wealth generating activity in the area, it is unlikely that Titanic Quarter will be comfortably defined as soley a technologically-charged 'suburb'. Its status will more likely be simliar to that of Long Island, New York, caught between residential suburb and 'Technoburb'. A Technoburb, in this definition, is a self sustaining community that doesn't rely on an urban center for its main jobsource. Bras lia is the capital city of Brazil and is located in the center of the country in a federal district created in the state of Goi s. ... BIFHE stands for the Belfast Institute for Further and Higher Education, it encompasses a number of different campuses around the city of Belfast, the most popular are Millfield Campus and College Square East. ... The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) is an arm of the United Kingdom government, responsible for Northern Ireland affairs. ... The personnel gate to the main guard office. ... The River Lagan is a major river in Northern Ireland which runs 40 miles (60 km) from the Slieve Croob mountain in County Down to Belfast where it enters Belfast Lough, an inlet of the Irish Sea. ... Mercator projection of Long Island Long Island is an island in New York, USA. It has an area of 1,377 square miles (3567 km²) and a population of 7. ... Mercator projection of Long Island Long Island is an island in New York, USA. It has an area of 1,377 square miles (3567 km²) and a population of 7. ...


See also

Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries began as a shipyard located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... The Cathedral Quarter in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is an area roughly situated between Royal Avenue and the Dunbar Link in the city centre. ...

External links

  • Official site of the Titanic Quarter


 

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