Jessops demolition megathread

[Jeffrey Shaw 90]

No-one bothered to save Sheffield's world-famous Cooling Towers either.

[No User Name 10]

No-one bothered to save Sheffield's world-famous Cooling Towers either.

 

Yeah but the roolz say that nobody was born there, so it isnt important

[autumn 10]

You are so right Mr Shaw no one seems to listen to the voice of the people .You knew you were home when you saw them !

[mogwai84 10]

If the LSE wanted to knock down St Pauls would London council let them?

 

The LSE doesn't own St Pauls.

 

The LSE has restored some buildings, and demolished some.

 

It's what universities do. If the old building was viable then they would have kept it, but it wasn't. Seeing as part of the Jessops has been restored really nicely as the Music Dept, I don't get what the fuss is about really.

[No User Name 10]

If people on this thread had their way we would all still be living in a little village with thatched huts and no running water or mains electricity.

[ormester101 10]

Yeah but the roolz say that nobody was born there, so it isnt important

 

they were a eye sore jessops wasnt

[No User Name 10]

they were a eye sore jessops wasnt

 

So you would want a building to be left up that wasnt being used, was unfit for purpose, nobody wanted to spend money on it because it would have cose a shedload, and was stopping a major Sheffield employer from creating many jobs and putting money back into the city, all because it "looked nice"?

 

Thank the Lord you dont make planning decisions then! Then again, you might have allowed Next to build at Meadowhall from the outset

[Bypassblade 10]

Yeah but the roolz say that nobody was born there, so it isnt important

 

Perhaps nobody was born there but they were iconic, ask ANYONE what the 1st thing they looked for coming into Sheffield that way & they'd say the towers.

 

I'm sorry but people nowadays just don't have an affinity with Sheffield's great history, and are just too quick to say knock it down. I think you'll find that modern is not always best, we've just spent the weekend in Chester & I defy anyone to make buildings as beautiful as they have; or York for that matter.

 

York Minster is probably one of THE most beautiful places in this great country of ours, and Jessops could have been preserved due to it's long history and what it brought to our city.

[No User Name 10]

and Jessops could have been preserved due to it's long history and what it brought to our city.

 

Preserved by who? Who was willing to spend the money on it?

 

Answer = nobody.

[Bypassblade 10]

Preserved by who? Who was willing to spend the money on it?

 

Answer = nobody.

 

Hold on you said or someone that someone is spending 80m on doing the area up, why could they not incorporate the old building into the new, these builders nowadays are good at that.

 

Our heritage should be preserved not demolished, modern architecture is awful now, imagine Paris council knocking down Notre Dame they would in this chuffing city.

[No User Name 10]

Hold on you said or someone that someone is spending 80m on doing the area up, why could they not incorporate the old building into the new, these builders nowadays are good at that.

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It has already been said the building was "unfit for purpose".

[Bypassblade 10]

It has already been said the building was "unfit for purpose".

 

That's as may be, but they can be renovated, unfit for purpose now but with a little foresight they could do it. How do you think they went on with buildings after the war, not everyone was demolished and look at Salisbury's is it, on London Road.

 

They built a new store but kept the original arch from the Lacarno or what ever previous incarnation it was.