Awnings

In addition to signage and trail, there are other means by which a visual identity for Sandymount can be created. Historic photographs of the Village Green from the 19th & 20th century depict shops & business with awnings to their street frontages, identifying the retail and commercial core of Sandymount. This still exists in a number of the businesses on the Village Green presently.

There could be a dedicated design strategy that uses awnings as a vehicle to create a visual identity for the Village that is unified and distinctive. This can have the effect of building-up a sense of place for people psychologically that is identifiable to Sandymount and that intensifies its character.

A simple, adaptive design that is mute of branding could be developed and integrated in the core commercial areas if this was agreed by local businesses.

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