Old pictures of Leeds - Page 4

di Livio · April 25th, 2011, 07:14 PM

The 'Tudor' buildings were built in the very early twentieth century (around 1901). Mind you, so were many of Chester's famous 'Rows'. St. John's House is still a mock-tudor gem imo.

For me, the greatest losses were around the business district, the current footprints of the Bond Street Centre and West Riding House, and some of the stone buildings around the central shopping core.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cliffor...7624461246771/

But Leeds still has about 75% of all its major streets intact and its original street patterning. To suggest it suffered worse destruction than other major UK cities is ludicrous.

Shiny_Dave · June 6th, 2011, 10:19 PM

DEmolished in the 80's:
Reginald Terrace, Chapeltown
Great Synagogue (Yorkshire's first)

Demolished by the Victorians:
Central Market

Demolished in the 60's:
Red Hall (Reputably Leeds first brick building and where Charles I was kept in captivity during the Civil War)

di Livio · June 6th, 2011, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Shiny_Dave

DEmolished in the 80's:
Reginald Terrace, Chapeltown
Great Synagogue (Yorkshire's first)

Demolished by the Victorians:
Central Market

Demolished in the 60's:
Red Hall (Reputably Leeds first brick building and where Charles I was kept in captivity during the Civil War)

Great images, thanks. Especially the first two, which i've never seen before.

Central market

Shiny_Dave · June 6th, 2011, 11:46 PM

Saw Reginald Terrace myself for the first time today on the Leodis Top 50....

Bit of nostalgia from the YP today and some background to why they demolished many Victorian buildings........

LeedsLad · June 7th, 2011, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by di Livio

Great images, thanks. Especially the first two, which i've never seen before.

Central market

Is that Leeds' first branch of Urban Outfitters on the corner?

Loiner's Girders · June 7th, 2011, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by LeedsLad

Is that Leeds' first branch of Urban Outfitters on the corner?

Manchester had one before that

Myvik · June 7th, 2011, 05:47 PM

That red hall could have been a mini tourist attraction if they'd preserved it properly. I wonder why they felt the need to destroy so much of our heritage were the buildings dangerous or something?

di Livio · June 7th, 2011, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Myvik

That red hall could have been a mini tourist attraction if they'd preserved it properly. I wonder why they felt the need to destroy so much of our heritage were the buildings dangerous or something?

The Red Hall was incorporated into Schofields department store as the business expanded into neighbouring buildings. It became the dining area/restaurant until it was demolished (along with the Victoria Arcade and the Cock and Bottle pub) when Schofields built a purpose built store on the Core site in the 1950s/60s.

Electric_City · June 7th, 2011, 08:56 PM

I'm not sure about that specific building but I think that, in general, the attitude of many of the powers-that-be in the city at the time was that 'old is bad, new is good'. One of the main reasons for this was that a lot of the old buildings in those days were soot-blackened. This therefore encouraged the view that old things were 'grimy' and so they became associated with out-of-date Victorian values, poverty and even morals.

If they'd waited a decade or so until sand-blasting or other forms of stone-cleaning were perfected, things could have been very different.

LeedsLad · June 7th, 2011, 09:43 PM

Also think about our attitudes today. We can't wait to get rid of some of our 60's/70's buildings, yet in 50 years attitudes may change (you never know!) and they may be more valued...

Shiny_Dave · June 7th, 2011, 10:05 PM

Too true Leedslad. It was areal shame to see LIP go. Also, in hindsight I think the cladding of the old royal mail building was better than the current terracotta.

Hopefully, the YEP building will be saved when it's vacated. Love the sci-fi drama of the place. At least the Stoner Building et al at the uni have been listed. Shame the students will have to put up with it's faults as I guess any changes to include air con etc will be more difficult!

I think 60's architecture has proved pretty versatile with some notable exceptions.

Leeds No.1 · June 7th, 2011, 10:30 PM

I agree with the point but disagree with the examples given. I don't think West Point looks worse now, and I think the YP site is deserving of a much better building than what's there now.

On the other hand, unique buildings like the Bank of England and Roger Stevens should be preserved.

Aaronj09 · June 8th, 2011, 03:21 AM

The Bank of England building is really good - but the YEP building is awful and should be bulldozed now!

this_city · June 23rd, 2011, 11:35 PM

aaah no, just browsing Leodis and found this one of the old Woodhouse Lane/ Albion Street road configuration and a long lost building... very sad

http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?r...0&DISPLAY=FULL

Loiner's Girders · June 24th, 2011, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by this_city

aaah no, just browsing Leodis and found this one of the old Woodhouse Lane/ Albion Street road configuration and a long lost building... very sad

http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?r...0&DISPLAY=FULL

Ouch!

di Livio · June 24th, 2011, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by this_city

aaah no, just browsing Leodis and found this one of the old Woodhouse Lane/ Albion Street road configuration and a long lost building... very sad

http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?r...0&DISPLAY=FULL

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cliffor...n/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cliffor...n/photostream/

this_city · June 24th, 2011, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by di Livio

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cliffor...n/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cliffor...n/photostream/

that second one reminds me of nyc for some reason... albeit a shorter, more Yorkshirian version!!

tomd89 · June 25th, 2011, 12:55 AM

The streets looks very clean in that first pic, no street clutter!

Immunda Leodis · June 25th, 2011, 01:00 AM

Seeing pictures of some of the old buildings we've lost is depressing...

this_city · June 25th, 2011, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by tomd89

The streets looks very clean in that first pic, no street clutter!

nice wide pavements too... another feature lost to the ravages of road expansion!

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April 25th, 2011, 07:14 PM	#61
di Livio Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Trinity Leeds Posts: 7,572 Likes (Received): 54	The 'Tudor' buildings were built in the very early twentieth century (around 1901). Mind you, so were many of Chester's famous 'Rows'. St. John's House is still a mock-tudor gem imo. For me, the greatest losses were around the business district, the current footprints of the Bond Street Centre and West Riding House, and some of the stone buildings around the central shopping core. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cliffor...7624461246771/ But Leeds still has about 75% of all its major streets intact and its original street patterning. To suggest it suffered worse destruction than other major UK cities is ludicrous.

June 6th, 2011, 10:19 PM	#62
Shiny_Dave Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 898 Likes (Received): 7	DEmolished in the 80's: Reginald Terrace, Chapeltown Great Synagogue (Yorkshire's first) Demolished by the Victorians: Central Market Demolished in the 60's: Red Hall (Reputably Leeds first brick building and where Charles I was kept in captivity during the Civil War)

June 6th, 2011, 11:46 PM	#64
Shiny_Dave Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 898 Likes (Received): 7	Saw Reginald Terrace myself for the first time today on the Leodis Top 50.... Bit of nostalgia from the YP today and some background to why they demolished many Victorian buildings........

June 7th, 2011, 05:47 PM	#67
Myvik Registered boozer Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 63 Likes (Received): 0	That red hall could have been a mini tourist attraction if they'd preserved it properly. I wonder why they felt the need to destroy so much of our heritage were the buildings dangerous or something?

June 7th, 2011, 08:56 PM	#69
Electric_City Wired Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: York Posts: 2,819 Likes (Received): 4	I'm not sure about that specific building but I think that, in general, the attitude of many of the powers-that-be in the city at the time was that 'old is bad, new is good'. One of the main reasons for this was that a lot of the old buildings in those days were soot-blackened. This therefore encouraged the view that old things were 'grimy' and so they became associated with out-of-date Victorian values, poverty and even morals. If they'd waited a decade or so until sand-blasting or other forms of stone-cleaning were perfected, things could have been very different.

June 7th, 2011, 09:43 PM	#70
LeedsLad Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 2,767 Likes (Received): 0	Also think about our attitudes today. We can't wait to get rid of some of our 60's/70's buildings, yet in 50 years attitudes may change (you never know!) and they may be more valued...

June 7th, 2011, 10:05 PM	#71
Shiny_Dave Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 898 Likes (Received): 7	Too true Leedslad. It was areal shame to see LIP go. Also, in hindsight I think the cladding of the old royal mail building was better than the current terracotta. Hopefully, the YEP building will be saved when it's vacated. Love the sci-fi drama of the place. At least the Stoner Building et al at the uni have been listed. Shame the students will have to put up with it's faults as I guess any changes to include air con etc will be more difficult! I think 60's architecture has proved pretty versatile with some notable exceptions.

June 8th, 2011, 03:21 AM	#73
Aaronj09 Not a Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Leeds Posts: 7,720 Likes (Received): 219	The Bank of England building is really good - but the YEP building is awful and should be bulldozed now!

June 23rd, 2011, 11:35 PM	#74
this_city Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Leeds Posts: 2,309 Likes (Received): 83	aaah no, just browsing Leodis and found this one of the old Woodhouse Lane/ Albion Street road configuration and a long lost building... very sad http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?r...0&DISPLAY=FULL

June 25th, 2011, 12:55 AM	#78
tomd89 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 609 Likes (Received): 0	The streets looks very clean in that first pic, no street clutter!

June 25th, 2011, 01:00 AM	#79
Immunda Leodis Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Leeds Posts: 985 Likes (Received): 9	Seeing pictures of some of the old buildings we've lost is depressing...