http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-11-22T03:59:26Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/The%20Edge http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/16/16133/6708 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/clarence_ext.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Last fall, the renovations plans for the U2 Hotel, aka <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Clarence/local/1114"><b>The Clarence</b></a>, in Dublin were slammed by preservationists who called the proposed hotel design a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/10/3/132633/370/hotels/Bono_s_Hotel_Plans_Strike_Pride_In_the_Name_of_Angry_Dubliners">bastardisation</a>. &nbsp;<p>And the fight is getting nastier as a planning board hearing was underway today. Guitarist The Edge stood up for the renovation which would give the hotel a "new building topped with a massive glass dome." He said:<p> <blockquote><p>"We feel that while it's very important to preserve the fabric of the period parts of the city, you've got to weigh up the benefits of what would be an incredible coup for Dublin City, a Norman Foster building," he said. "I feel that that outweighs the sacrifice of parts of what juliana 2008-04-16T16:17:00-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/