37 photographs of former military barracks at Ebrington in Derry in 2005

Over the past 22 years the landmark site in the Waterside has been wholly transformed and is now a thriving public plaza, home to dozens of businesses with every building occupied by a tenant or is being held for a tenant.

Development has been a long time coming, however. Here is a selection of photographs taken in September 2005 showing the job the urban regeneration compony Ilex had ahead of them in revitalising the site.