City Island - Waterside Apts | Comp | 61m | 20fl

[Dan B]

Eugh, horrible gray plastic cladding, or is it metallic, either way it looks shite.

[Rob]

Originally Posted by di Livio

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Nice photo, City Island II finishes will tie in closely with City Island I as shown in this photo, and will also tie in well with Whitehall in the background. It gives the area a kind of uniformity, and looks quite good to me. It's all down to taste I suppose.

[Leeds No.1]

I like both schemes. I think the problem comes when theres just too much of the same style. I always did like City Island though.

[jimbo]

great photo looking along the river there. Quite an impressive progression of new buildings, of varied quality mind. Still haven't got a feel for the final look of City Island 2. The gradual stepping up of curved apartments seems to be the current leifmotife!

[aviator]

Before it pissed down with rain

[wiggleyleeds]

wow great lookin foto of the river, its one of the few pics that actually make those buildings in it look really nice. deffinately one to add to the leeds photo thread

and this new city island phase, from looking at the cladding starting to appear it doesnt look as bad as we thought it would hey.

[wiggleyleeds]

where did u take that last pic from?

[SmartCity]

Originally Posted by wiggleyleeds

wow great lookin foto of the river, its one of the few pics that actually make those buildings in it look really nice. deffinately one to add to the leeds photo thread

and this new city island phase, from looking at the cladding starting to appear it doesnt look as bad as we thought it would hey.

It just goes to show it really is a matter of opinion. I bloody hate the place. I honestly feel that this particular development "City Island" will become a major headache for Leeds in years to come. I don't feel that the building has been built sympathetically with the surrounding area at all. The buildings look rushed, built with poor quality materials.

[wiggleyleeds]

Originally Posted by SMARTCITY

It just goes to show it really is a matter of opinion. I bloody hate the place. I honestly feel that this particular development "City Island" will become a major headache for Leeds in years to come. I don't feel that the building has been built sympathetically with the surrounding area at all. The buildings look rushed, built with poor quality materials.

are you on about the new phase or the whole lot?

i think the 1st phase looks gorgeous, and despite my hate for terracota, i think it looks great on this building, and the stepped look of the circular building really fits in well with the greenery of the canal, and the curly nature of the canal too. you have to remember too greenbank will be up there and monkbridge forge, and the whole wellington place development, so in 5 years it will uniformly fit in with its surroundings more so

[SmartCity]

Originally Posted by wiggleyleeds

are you on about the new phase or the whole lot?

i think the 1st phase looks gorgeous, and despite my hate for terracota, i think it looks great on this building, and the stepped look of the circular building really fits in well with the greenery of the canal, and the curly nature of the canal too. you have to remember too greenbank will be up there and monkbridge forge, and the whole wellington place development, so in 5 years it will uniformly fit in with its surroundings more so

The whole lot really. I'm not fond of this blend of terracotta/gray clad style buildings that could be reminiscent of so many buildings in many cities in the UK. I see them as the modern day equivalent of the 60's block of flats. I don't particularly like the way the buildings step either. It looks generally out of character with the area. I'm just hoping that new developments in the area will block out the general view of this place altogether. Having said all that having had a good look at the Green Bank renders the overall area should improve dramatically over the next 3 years.

[Leeds No.1]

I always have quite liked City Island myself.

[Stefan88]

I'm waiting until I see it fully cladded before I make a judgement on whether I like it or not. From what I have seen though it doesn't look too bad. It all depends on how the top looks for me when it's complete.
It was exciting watching this thing rise from when I moved into my flat back in Spetember it was only 3 or 4 floors tall.

[aviator]

Originally Posted by wiggleyleeds

where did u take that last pic from?

Multi-storey car park on Wellington Street

[DonWarrington]

I've always found City Island isolated and a pain in the bum to get to.

That drive up the IRR then the turn off into the "complex" is a bit like driving into a barracks or prison. The area needs to integrate with town more

Another thing that annoys me about the waterside developments, and I'm probably on my own here, is the canal/riverside is always dead overgrown and wild. This is great as the river winds its way through Bramley and Rodley, but in the city centre, I'd like it to look neat and clean with nice walkways with handrails and fewer trees and shrubs.

[di Livio]

Originally Posted by DonWarrington

and I'm probably on my own here, is the canal/riverside is always dead overgrown and wild.

In this case, you are. I like the surreal contrast between rural and urban.

[Rob]

The retention of wild vegetation along the urban riverside is a positive decision by the council, encouraged by the Civic Trust and the Rivers Authority.

[aviator]

Originally Posted by di Livio

In this case, you are. I like the surreal contrast between rural and urban.

I'm with you on that one, matey

[The Oil]

As you look at Phase 2 from the IRR the right hand side cladding is now in view. It's not good if you hate grey, plasticcy looking cladding. In conext with the rest of the building it may look ok but I'm not convinced.

The building is a nice shape though.

[Stefan88]

Has anyone got any recent pics of it. I haven't seen the progress of this project for a month now.

[aviator]

There's a new website for this development.