In March of last year, we covered the epic 1983 tale of Stein Opticians on Harcourt Road who fought bitterly to save their beautiful shop from the developer’s bulldozer.
Recently Amelia, an award-winning photographer who still runs the family optician business today from 4 Camden Market, Grantham Street, sent me along a number of old press cuttings.
Here’s a before and after picture:
The Irish Press, 12 October 1983
An article from the Evening Herald on the controversial move:
Evening Herald, 30 May 1983
A fantastic image showing how the shop remained intact after everything else around it was demolished:
In Dublin, 13 May 1983
Finally, a rare original architect’s drawing of the new shop that that they agreed to move to:
Grantham St premises design
