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Due to a train cock-up, I spent three-and-a-half hours on New Street Station yesterday. Ugly? Don't talk to me about ugly...  |
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« Reply #16 on: 12:40:27, 21-10-2008 » |
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Due to a train cock-up, I spent three-and-a-half hours on New Street Station yesterday. Ugly? Don't talk to me about ugly... Have you ever got stuck with a long change in Doncaster though? I once made the mistake of wandering off towards the shopping centre. Now that's ugly. |
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« Reply #17 on: 21:40:02, 21-10-2008 » |
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Due to a train cock-up, I spent three-and-a-half hours on New Street Station yesterday. Ugly? Don't talk to me about ugly... Have you ever got stuck with a long change in Doncaster though? I once made the mistake of wandering off towards the shopping centre. Now that's ugly. I once got stuck for two hours at Port Talbot station. And that really is ugly, wedged between the M4 flyover and the steel works. |
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At every one of these [classical] concerts in England you will find rows of weary people who are there, not because they really like classical music, but because they think they ought to like it. (Shaw, Don Juan in Hell)
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Due to a train cock-up, I spent three-and-a-half hours on New Street Station yesterday. Ugly? Don't talk to me about ugly... New Street Station is almost universally regarded as awful but it wasn't even in the top three, which were Central Library, the Bull Ring and Spaghetti Junction. The ugliest buildings I've encountered were Portsmouth's Tricorn Centre - which has now (thankfully) been demolished.    (not my pix) |
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« Reply #19 on: 22:02:28, 21-10-2008 » |
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At least Portsmouth now has a rather splendid skyline, thanks to the very striking Spinnaker Tower. I drive past this fairly regularly and it's quite handsome, set against the sea and the chalky cliffs behind the city.  (It's still a complete dump, though.) |
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« Reply #20 on: 22:48:36, 21-10-2008 » |
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Anybody ever been to Basildon ? (and that's from someone who's lived in Slough and Bracknell )
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« Reply #21 on: 22:53:18, 21-10-2008 » |
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I lived in Basildon for over 6 years BZ!
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« Reply #23 on: 23:05:59, 21-10-2008 » |
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In fact I lived here in Basildon:  Count 8 floors up and go to the middle 4 windows. I've got some pictures of my own but they haven't been scanned in yet. It's Brooke House, designed by Basil Spence. I've just found this: "Spence was a brilliant draughtsman who could adapt to the requirements of any client." The exhibition will reflect his ability to turn his hand to anything. His public buildings, including Sussex University and the Cavalry Barracks in London's Hyde Park, will feature alongside public housing projects. |
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« Reply #24 on: 08:53:10, 22-10-2008 » |
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"Spence was a brilliant draughtsman who could adapt to the requirements of any client." The exhibition will reflect his ability to turn his hand to anything. His public buildings, including Sussex University and the Cavalry Barracks in London's Hyde Park, will feature alongside public housing projects.
Spence was uneven, I think. But I do like his original buildings at Sussex.  It's nice teaching in a Grade 1 listed building which was only built in the early 1960s! |
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« Reply #25 on: 10:38:01, 22-10-2008 » |
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At least Portsmouth now has a rather splendid skyline, thanks to the very striking Spinnaker Tower. I drive past this fairly regularly and it's quite handsome, set against the sea and the chalky cliffs behind the city. (It's still a complete dump, though.)My son lives a stone's throw away from Spinnaker Tower, and it is nice to see how its shape echoes the symbol Portsmouth have adopted, as can be seen by the shapes of the lamp posts along the promenade...  ...and Spinnaker itself blends in so beautifully with Portsmouth's natural surroundings too...  Baziron |
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« Reply #26 on: 20:44:10, 23-10-2008 » |
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Please don't mention Basil Spence. Here is a Spencemare in my home town (Sunderland). http://farm1.static.flickr.com/82/241434422_4ecb66d3ce.jpg?v=0A dark forbidden fortress of tunnels and stairs clearly designed to be inaccessable particularly in the dark cold days of Winter. Pensioners would be advised not to try it at all without a torch, flask of tea, a couple of stotties and a stout walking stick to fend off footpads and the like. |
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I've actually always liked Sunderland civic centre. I find the geometry quite pleasing, and I like the way the outside continues on the inside (er... I can't explain that but those who have seen it will know what I mean). But I wouldn't walk round it at night without a stout stick to fend off footpads  |
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