Editing Ballsbridge (section)

==Buildings, structures and parks==
The bridge itself forms the heart of the Ballsbridge suburb which extends northwards towards the Grand Canal along Northumberland Road up to Haddington Road and Shelbourne Road, southwards along the [[Merrion Road]] towards Merrion and along [[Anglesea Road]] towards [[Donnybrook, Dublin|Donnybrook]], and westwards to encompass the area around Pembroke Road, [[Clyde Road (Dublin)|Clyde Road]], Elgin Road and [[Herbert Park]]. The bridge was extensively modernised and widened by 24 feet in 1900 by [[William Kaye-Parry]].<ref>{{cite web |title=CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BALLSBRIDGE Dictionary of Irish Architects - |url=https://www.dia.ie/works/view/33175/CO.+DUBLIN%2C+DUBLIN%2C+BALLSBRIDGE |website=www.dia.ie |access-date=11 September 2023}}</ref>

[[Herbert Park]], a public park, is thirty-two acres in size and is divided by a road, also called Herbert Park, and forms part of Ballsbridge's nebulous border with [[Donnybrook, Dublin|Donnybrook]].

The [[Royal Dublin Society]] (RDS) has its grounds here, and the [[Lansdowne Road]] headquarters of the [[Irish Rugby Football Union]] (IRFU) is on the boundary between Ballsbridge and [[Irishtown, Dublin|Irishtown]]. The corporate headquarters of [[Allied Irish Banks]] (AIB) are also located in Ballsbridge. The former [[Pembroke Town Hall, Dublin|Pembroke Town Hall]] is located to the immediate northwest of the RDS.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.patrickcomerford.com/2015/10/pembroke-town-hall-and-library.html|title=Pemroke Town Hall and Library|publisher=Patrick Comerford|access-date=23 December 2023}}</ref>
[[File:Ballsbridge (Dublin) - panoramio (2).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Ballsbridge features architecture from the [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]], [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]], and [[Edwardian architecture|Edwardian]] periods and is known for its high property prices<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ireland's most expensive home: Seeking €14m for the finest house on Ailesbury Road|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/new-to-market/ireland-s-most-expensive-home-seeking-14m-for-the-finest-house-on-ailesbury-road-1.4672741|access-date=2022-01-30|website=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref> ]]
Ailesbury Road, along with adjacent [[Shrewsbury Road]], contains the most expensive properties in [[Dublin]], and the roads are featured in the  Irish edition of the board game ''[[Monopoly (game)|Monopoly]]''. Shrewsbury Road was the sixth most expensive street in the world in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|first=Andrew|last=Clark|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/05/dublin-housing-market-crisis-bailout|title=The roof falls in on Ireland's Millionaires Row|newspaper=The Observer|publisher=Guardian Media Group|date=5 December 2010|access-date=5 December 2010}}</ref>

Many of Dublin's embassies and diplomatic residences are located in the southern part of Ballsbridge on and around [[Ailesbury Road]]. The [[Embassy of the United Kingdom, Dublin|British]], American, Italian, Spanish, Dutch and Israeli embassies are all located in the Ballsbridge area of Dublin.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0821/viable-explosive-made-safe-in-tallaght-dublin.html|title=Four call outs for Army Bomb Disposal Team|work=RTÉ News|publisher=RTÉ|date=21 August 2012|access-date=21 August 2012}}</ref>

The U.S. embassy, an iconic cylindrical building, is a major landmark in present-day Ballsbridge. It was designed in 1955 by [[John M. Johansen]], Professor of Architecture at [[Yale University]]. The project was 9 years in incubation and the building was inaugurated in 1964.<ref name = "Eneclann"/>

[[Gurunanak Darbar, Ireland|Gurdwara Guru Nanak Darbar]], the place of assembly and [[place of worship|worship]] for the Irish [[Sikh]] community, is located on Serpentine Avenue. It is located on the site of the old Oscar Cinema which the community purchased in 1987.<ref>{{Cite web|last=McGuire|first=Erin|date=2019-10-23|title=Sikh Dubliners Dream of a Bus Route That Would Connect Their Community|url=https://dublininquirer.com/2019/10/23/sikh-dubliners-dream-of-a-bus-route-that-would-connect-their-community|access-date=2022-06-13|website=Dublin Inquirer|language=en}}</ref>