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Thu 08 Aug 2006Why Dublin shouldn't try to be a mini-ManhattanStreet life is what makes our capital special say members of the Academy of Urbanism, who took a tour of the city recently. Frank McDonald, Environment Editor, reportsDublin shouldn't be "seduced into becoming a mini-Manhattan", according to George Ferguson, former president of the Royal Institute of British Architects. "It would be a real shame if Dublin thought that, in order to be a big international city, it has to have big international buildings. That's almost a Third World attitude," he said.