Obscuring urban vistas

Sir, – Whatever about the view of the James Gandon-designed Four Courts being "hidden behind a mask of plane trees on Dublin's city quays" (Letters, August 18th and19th), that situation can be easily rectified: fell the trees!

Unfortunately,the Loopline railway bridge is made of sterner stuff. This monstrous piece of engineering is a blot on the capital’s landscape. It obscures the view of Gandon’s other masterpiece, the Custom House. – Yours, etc,

PAUL DELANEY,

Dalkey,

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Co Dublin.