markpa12003
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I am not overly impressed by the new multi-storey car park, however the Riverside development will look very good when its completed.
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Riverside development April start
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Wormella
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They've clad it in my old secondery school colours, that combo of emerald green,. black and grey sends shivers up my spine when I see it
1JKz
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Victorian architecture will be rolling over in its grave.
I'm not denying new methods have been created when it comes to new builds and the speed they can go up but by'christ there's no style; no individual features; no character; no interest; no thought; no, well NOTHING, it's just a few bricks topped with metal (usually grey) sheets and that's that, how nice!?
I'm not denying new methods have been created when it comes to new builds and the speed they can go up but by'christ there's no style; no individual features; no character; no interest; no thought; no, well NOTHING, it's just a few bricks topped with metal (usually grey) sheets and that's that, how nice!?
Agreed. At least Shrewsbury tried to make theirs (now renamed Riverside Mall) in keeping with the rest of the town.
Maryland
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It's that particular shade of green as well. I'm in Manchester at the moment, god help me, and it's all over the currently shiny new tenements that are sprouting from the derelict remains of old urban industry. The kind of places where you can see right into peoples' living rooms from the tram on the way to work, by the dozen, every day. And it's on the cheapo offices being built where there used to be cranes and recs and back to backs and communities.
Early 21st century flaky quick-buck urban regeneration green, of a shade that's really not suited to the grey skies of this country. If it's that obvious now - and it is - as a sign of stuff being done on the cheap, for profit and glister and not for the future, what's it going to look like in 20, 30 years time?
Early 21st century flaky quick-buck urban regeneration green, of a shade that's really not suited to the grey skies of this country. If it's that obvious now - and it is - as a sign of stuff being done on the cheap, for profit and glister and not for the future, what's it going to look like in 20, 30 years time?
Jade-clothing
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Stafford could learn a thing or two from Liverpool. A beautiful city with an amazing mix of buildings old and new. Some of the new buildings are quite spectacular but don't look out of place amongst the lovely historical ones.
Wormella
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They tore down masses of pretty victorian buildings (with some very dubious practices to get tennets out in some cases) to build Liverpool One! Whole streets worth!
It's no Bullring, it's no Cabot Circus, that's for sure. It looks like typical out of town sheds, brought into the town.
markpa12003
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I don't know what the area was like before Liverpool One was built, however I do like Liverpool One.
proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
Crummy, would be the best description.
1JKz
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I don't mind that design, there's a small element of thought that went into the outcome (problems aside), at least they were trying!
markpa12003
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A number of very nice buildings were demolished to build the awful Borough Council building.
I understand that there are plans to improve the Civic Centre, most notably moving the entrance so that it faces the County Council building.
I understand that there are plans to improve the Civic Centre, most notably moving the entrance so that it faces the County Council building.