Lost Britain

[Monters]

I'm going to nominate some lost modernist wonders.

First off, the Birmingham Mail and Post building:

[ROYAL BLUE]

Sorry son but its not gonna be missed, better to have a hugely valuble office block, then that derelict, useless eyesore clogging up the skyline.

It was simply a cheap, half arsed copy of the lever building in new york

[di Livio]

Tricorn Centre, Portsmouth



Town Hall extension (on the right) - Sheffield

[Monters]

Originally Posted by ROYAL BLUE

Sorry son but its not gonna be missed, better to have a hugely valuble office block, then that derelict, useless eyesore clogging up the skyline.

It was simply a cheap, half arsed copy of the lever building in new york

Well that's your opinion. There are a great many who disagree.

[ROYAL BLUE]

Nope, just a small minority

[Mr Bricks]

London 1616

[wjfox]

Back then, London had the best skyline in the world -

[Monters]

Originally Posted by ROYAL BLUE

Nope, just a small minority

You're wrong IMO, but it doesn't really matter does it Neither you nor I are going to change our opinions based on the number of others who agree or disagree with us. I could be the only person in the world who mourned this building, and I still would.

There was nothing cheap or half arsed about P&M btw, its construction was positively lavish, not just by the standards of its time but of any other.

[cardiff]

The tricorn centre is definately not missed by me!

[Munch]

Originally Posted by wjfox2002

Back then, London had the best skyline in the world -

And even then southwark had it's own spire to compete with the city... it's seems only fitting that the shard should compete with the bishopsgate tower.

It is also further evidence that as a civilisation we filter massive amounts of money into private profit making entities, rather than the collective cultural purposes the church served....

[Monters]

The old St. Paul's was lush, easily the equal of its replacement.

[El_Greco]

You can see that drawing (not original) in All-Hallows-by-the-Tower Church.Its very big.

[Mr Bricks]

Somw nice pics from the 20s/30s

http://images.google.fi/imgres?imgur...ial_s%26sa%3DG

[Mr Bricks]

[El_Greco]

Cheapside



Ratcliff Highway

[El_Greco]

Euston 1952



London Bridge 1900



Fleet Street 1920



Drury Lane Late 19th Early 20th C

[El_Greco]

Bankside 1930



Southwark 1920



Little Collingwood Street.Bethnal Green 1900



Bow Lane 1930

[Erebus555]

This is more Lost London than anything .

Allow me to show some of lost Birmingham.

The Bullring (1895):


St Martins in the Bullring (1895):


Old Worcester Wharf (1913):


Old Ship Inn, Camp Hill (1866):


Holloway Head, Ladywood (1870):


The Grand Theatre, Corporation Street (1883) Demolished in the 1960s :


The Old Wharf from Bridge Street looking towards New Street (1895 est) - You can see the clock tower to the council house building though it is actually part of the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery:


New Street from the Town Hall (1895) - The church to the very left was demolished 3 years later:


Corporation Street (1899) - Very little has changed, just bus stops and trees:


The 1900 Flood of Hay Mills (1900):


Broad Street Chambers (1929) - Today you would be facing the side of Alpha Tower and tomorrow you will just see Arena Central Tower:


The Victoria Playhouse, Aston (1924):


Broad Street car park (1931) Arena Central will be on this site:


Five Ways (1935) - This is now a major elevated roadway:


Windsor Street Gas Works (1951) - These are still around I think and are about 150 years old:


The old and new New Street Station with the Rotunda also under construction (1963) - You can also see the Gala Casino under construction at the bottom:


There .

[El_Greco]

Originally Posted by Erebus555

The Grand Theatre, Corporation Street (1883) Demolished in the 1960s :

Wow this is a very beautiful building.Birmingham should rebuild it.

Thanks for the pics

[Val Verde]

Seacroft Town Centre

A shopping centre which was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1964 it was meant to be a centre to the new Seacroft estate in the east of Leeds. However due to location in the deprived location that Seacroft became and the sheer ugliness of the development and lack of interest from major retailers it was eventually demolished in the late 1990s and replaced with a branch of Tesco Extra.

Then:





Now:



Changes to City Square

Seen as the centre to Leeds and cated where roads lead off in all directions and near to the main railway station this has seen many changes in the past 100 years which have seen the demolition and construction of buildings starting in the 1930s with the new Queens Hotel.



By the 1960s came the removal of trams from Leeds city Square and controversial redevelopments of buildings on the north side of the square had given it a much uglier apperance such as the offices for Norwich Union which were voted ugliest building in Britain in the 1990s. However these have now been demolished and replaced by building much deserving of the location.

Then (Until the 1960s):



Later (1960s - 1995):



Now:



Number 56, Briggate

Oldest building in Leeds City Centre built in 1615. Insanely despite its age it was demolished in 1955 for a non descript concrete shoe shop. Today it is trading as Principles.

Then:



Now:



Leeds Permanent Tower

The 61 metre tall HQ for the Leeds Building Society (now part of the Halifax) until the 1990s unlike other 1960s and 1970s tall buildings in Leeds which have been refurbished this was demolished in the late 1990s to be replaced by the Light Shopping Centre (it was the tower in the right of the picture.

Then:



Now: