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Leeds Troll · February 1st, 2010, 01:49 PM

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Leeds Troll · February 2nd, 2010, 07:40 PM

Found this night shot from other side

Sandblast · February 3rd, 2010, 06:31 PM

CLASS!

The flourescent strip lights on the box behind really compliment that lovely old City Hall!

Gherkin · February 3rd, 2010, 11:13 PM

They're just fun lights... The tower needs them - though it's odd they chose blue lights instead of green ones that would have matched the lift core. It looks pretty good at night tbh.

Leeds Troll · February 11th, 2010, 12:33 AM

Sky plaza from plane

Sandblast · February 11th, 2010, 12:35 AM

Is that Chernobyl

!!!!????

wiggleyleeds · February 11th, 2010, 01:19 AM

no, its fiveways

DavidDuck · February 11th, 2010, 11:49 AM

That particular shot of Leeds does look horrendous and old fashioned. I remember thinking the same thing when I saw it flying into LBA once. If those tower blocks in the top right of the pic were demolished, it probably wouldn't be so bad. Sky Plaza looks just fine.

Leeds Troll · February 11th, 2010, 07:45 PM

Went into the merrion centre car park, sorry about shaking the camara i was trying to find the zoom.

Leeds Troll · February 11th, 2010, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by di Livio

Leeds: the 24hr city.

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Love them pictures me. i wish we could get some more photos from opal tower.

Sandblast · February 11th, 2010, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wiggleyleeds

no, its fiveways

You've finally seen the light!!!

LEEDS.

FIVE WAYS, EDGBASTON. (a suburb of Birmingham)

Subliving · February 11th, 2010, 10:58 PM

Yup, one grotty city-fringe area looks pretty much the same as another city-fringe area.

Subliving.

DavidDuck · February 12th, 2010, 12:32 AM

As a part-time Brummy, I have to admit Five Ways is actually not too bad. The cinema/casino area especially. Though the best part of Five Ways are the roads out of it!

Gherkin · February 12th, 2010, 02:25 AM

Edgbaston has a nice array of building shapes that compose a rough skyline-shaped silhouette, yes, well noticed.

Sky Plaza?

Leeds Troll · July 9th, 2010, 12:08 PM

this_city · July 12th, 2010, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Leeds Troll

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was out and about over the weekend and saw this view of the tower coming down the York Road...always makes me think of the slimline Playstation 2!!

di Livio · July 12th, 2010, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by this_city

always makes me think of the slimline Playstation 2!!

That's what i said when I saw the original architect's illustration.
Not as much fun though.

theidealcopy two · July 14th, 2010, 03:12 AM

This block actually looks much taller than its 103 metres suggest though.

I'm pleasantly surprised at the number of tall towers that are being topped out / erected in Leeds and Sheffield in recent months. It would appear that, unlike in cities such as, say Birmingham where with the exception of the Cube, every tower proposal is practically on indefinite hold, the economic downturn hasn't affected as many of the tall tower schemes up here in the north.

Sandblast · July 14th, 2010, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theidealcopy two

This block actually looks much taller than its 103 metres suggest though.

I'm pleasantly surprised at the number of tall towers that are being topped out / erected in Leeds and Sheffield in recent months. It would appear that, unlike in cities such as, say Birmingham where with the exception of the Cube, every tower proposal is practically on indefinite hold, the economic downturn hasn't affected as many of the tall tower schemes up here in the north.

Really?!?

theidealcopy two · July 14th, 2010, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sandblast

Really?!?

Yeah, really!

I mean, what's happened to all of those fantastic skyscraper proposals Birmingham has been planning? - one of them (Snow Hill Tower 3) appears to have bit the dust. Care to elaborate and give us the updates as to what we can expect Birmingham to come up with in the next couple of years (definite go-aheads that is, not 'proposals') before cities like Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield overtake Brum in the tall towers stakes....

February 1st, 2010, 01:49 PM	#1441
Leeds Troll BANNED Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Leeds Posts: 2,113 Likes (Received): 0	image hosted on flickr Last edited by Leeds Troll; March 2nd, 2010 at 02:52 PM.

February 11th, 2010, 11:49 AM	#1448
DavidDuck Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Leeds Posts: 12 Likes (Received): 0	That particular shot of Leeds does look horrendous and old fashioned. I remember thinking the same thing when I saw it flying into LBA once. If those tower blocks in the top right of the pic were demolished, it probably wouldn't be so bad. Sky Plaza looks just fine. __________________ LUFC forever and ever. MOT.

February 11th, 2010, 10:58 PM	#1452
Subliving Leeds Leads Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Leeds & London Posts: 1,998 Likes (Received): 20	Yup, one grotty city-fringe area looks pretty much the same as another city-fringe area. Subliving. __________________ You smell of poo.

February 12th, 2010, 12:32 AM	#1453
DavidDuck Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Leeds Posts: 12 Likes (Received): 0	As a part-time Brummy, I have to admit Five Ways is actually not too bad. The cinema/casino area especially. Though the best part of Five Ways are the roads out of it! __________________ LUFC forever and ever. MOT.

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February 2nd, 2010, 07:40 PM	#1442
Leeds Troll BANNED Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Leeds Posts: 2,113 Likes (Received): 0	Found this night shot from other side

February 3rd, 2010, 06:31 PM	#1443
Sandblast Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: BIRMINGHAM ... in exile in the wilderness of rural Gloucestershire Posts: 2,865 Likes (Received): 4	CLASS! The flourescent strip lights on the box behind really compliment that lovely old City Hall!

February 3rd, 2010, 11:13 PM	#1444
Gherkin actual gherkin Join Date: May 2005 Location: Leeds Posts: 13,454 Likes (Received): 198	They're just fun lights... The tower needs them - though it's odd they chose blue lights instead of green ones that would have matched the lift core. It looks pretty good at night tbh.

February 11th, 2010, 12:33 AM	#1445
Leeds Troll BANNED Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Leeds Posts: 2,113 Likes (Received): 0	Sky plaza from plane

February 11th, 2010, 12:35 AM	#1446
Sandblast Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: BIRMINGHAM ... in exile in the wilderness of rural Gloucestershire Posts: 2,865 Likes (Received): 4	Is that Chernobyl !!!!????

February 11th, 2010, 01:19 AM	#1447
wiggleyleeds wiggledypiggleypuddinghed Join Date: May 2007 Location: Leeds Posts: 10,622 Likes (Received): 25	no, its fiveways

February 11th, 2010, 07:45 PM	#1449
Leeds Troll BANNED Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Leeds Posts: 2,113 Likes (Received): 0	Went into the merrion centre car park, sorry about shaking the camara i was trying to find the zoom.

February 12th, 2010, 02:25 AM	#1454
Gherkin actual gherkin Join Date: May 2005 Location: Leeds Posts: 13,454 Likes (Received): 198	Edgbaston has a nice array of building shapes that compose a rough skyline-shaped silhouette, yes, well noticed. Sky Plaza?

July 9th, 2010, 12:08 PM	#1455
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July 14th, 2010, 03:12 AM	#1458
theidealcopy two Millstone Grit Man Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: King's Norton via Cumbria Posts: 1,315 Likes (Received): 17	This block actually looks much taller than its 103 metres suggest though. I'm pleasantly surprised at the number of tall towers that are being topped out / erected in Leeds and Sheffield in recent months. It would appear that, unlike in cities such as, say Birmingham where with the exception of the Cube, every tower proposal is practically on indefinite hold, the economic downturn hasn't affected as many of the tall tower schemes up here in the north.