When the flagship facility of the Women’s Organisation opened in the Baltic Triangle in 2011, the building only had a collection of ageing warehouses for company.
None of the new developments that now surround it had been built, explains the organisation’s CEO Maggie O’Carroll, meaning the terrace near the top of the structure offered a sweeping view of the city, gradually sloping down towards the river. Eleven years later, the terrace still offers a good view in some directions, but its new neighbours have filled the backdrop in others.
For Maggie, the change was an expected one, but there is the hint of a bitter-sweet tone when considering the area’s rapid growth and unarguable progress. “I don't mind being boxed in,” Maggie tells the ECHO, “the problem is what we're boxed in with.”
