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Is this a new use for brick pallets?
11:53am Saturday 11th February 2012 in Letters By Reader's letter
Is this a new use for brick pallets?
Walking around York during the residents’ festival, I went down Stonebow, an area which I don’t normally visit, and saw what must be the ugliest building in York.
The sad thing is it only looks to be a year or so old, but seems to already have that derelict feeling.
I wondered if it was thought that as the bricks had come on wooden pallets, maybe they should be incorporated into the building.
Stuart Wilson, Vesper Drive, Acomb York
Comments(10)
Davidroutledge
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12:55pm Sat 11 Feb 12
Hicarrumba
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1:02pm Sat 11 Feb 12
far2bizzy
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1:14pm Sat 11 Feb 12
I can see tourists in the 22nd century wandering around the city, eyeing these buildings and declaring – “Oh look, that’s early 21st century – they didn’t have a clue then, did they?”
Buzz Light-year
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1:32pm Sat 11 Feb 12
Stonebow House - hideous.
BT building - hideous.
The building in the letter - ugly.
The pretentious and out of place sales centre for the stalled development - inappropriate and ugly.
The wasteland created by the last council and their failed plans and compulsory purchase orders - ugly.
The huge new block of flats behind Defra that probably half of York don't even know exists - ugly future ghetto.
The only good thing about the area is the new very handy foot and cycle bridge over the Foss.
Stonebow is an embarrassment for our city.
far2bizzy
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2:43pm Sat 11 Feb 12
Again I couldn’t agree more – how could they allow that lot to go up? The insidious invasion of unsightly buildings is quite depressing.
I’m thinking of writing a new guide to the city – “The Carbuncles of York”.
Steve,
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4:57pm Sat 11 Feb 12
old_geezer
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8:59pm Sat 11 Feb 12
As an example of what I anticipate there, see the anodyne construct at the corner of High Ousegate and Coney Street - when this replaced the previous undistinguished modern shops a few years ago, I could hardly tell the difference.
Mr Crabtree
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5:49pm Sun 12 Feb 12
Buzz Light-year wrote:What is the current council doing to encourage new and better quality housing development ? ......very little it seems !
That whole Stonebow area is ugly as sin. Stonebow House - hideous. BT building - hideous. The building in the letter - ugly. The pretentious and out of place sales centre for the stalled development - inappropriate and ugly. The wasteland created by the last council and their failed plans and compulsory purchase orders - ugly. The huge new block of flats behind Defra that probably half of York don't even know exists - ugly future ghetto. The only good thing about the area is the new very handy foot and cycle bridge over the Foss. Stonebow is an embarrassment for our city.
Magicman!
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3:38am Tue 14 Feb 12
rothko says...
12:50pm Sat 11 Feb 12