It couldn’t last. There was no doubt about that. Demolition really was inevitable. Still, seeing that empty little plot was no less disappointing. It was the last hold out. The final nail left sticking out. A closing shout-out to an architecturally more colourful time in every sense. Hues and textures then that will definitely be missed, but at the same time, very fondly remembered.
Denise says
Oh my that is so sad……… 🙁
Lee says
Yeah, such a shame to see this one go.
Steve says
Wow, like it never existed. 😮
Lee says
I know eh? That always strikes me. Completely erased.
Richard says
‘Here today, gone tomorrow.’ Will a car park take its place?
Lee says
That’s so true.
No idea to be honest. It’s only a tiny plot and in a slightly odd spot, but no doubt something will happen there.
cdilla says
It’s both annoying and inevitable that replacement buildings don’t even try to match the beauty charm and sometimes strangeness of what they replace. The plastic bins I put my recycling in have more about them than some of todays architecture.
Thank you for allowing us a last glimpse of this jewel before it was ground into dust.
linda says
this is it, really. I’m willing to accept that that building couldn’t last forever. I’m not willing to accept that the best we can do to replace it is something like the two new buildings in the photo.
Lee says
Yeah, I completely agree with you both. It was already way beyond its natural lifespan, and renovation really wouldn’t have been an option. So demolition was the only option. But what will replace it, and the countless others, always underwhelms to say the very least.