Renton 22490 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 I see they're demolishing one of Gateshead's icons. About time too if you ask me, it's probably the worst building in the North East. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6763067.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 What will happen to Gateshead Indoor Market though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 47212 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 It's a fucking eyesore. I remember Stallone saying that it needed to stay as it was part of film history. Get Carter isn't even any good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 It's a fucking eyesore. I remember Stallone saying that it needed to stay as it was part of film history. Get Carter isn't even any good. Stallone had never seen it though. Probably hasn't even seen the original Get Carter. It's a canny film though. Rocky III is on tonight btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 22490 Posted June 18, 2007 Author Share Posted June 18, 2007 It's a fucking eyesore. I remember Stallone saying that it needed to stay as it was part of film history. Get Carter isn't even any good. I liked the original but still, it's shite. Being replaced by a Tesco's though, ffs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 It's a fucking eyesore. I remember Stallone saying that it needed to stay as it was part of film history. Get Carter isn't even any good. Aye, they should have agreed to that provided he agreed to relocate and sub-let Cath's spare bedroom so that he could fully appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 I liked this comment on the BBC site in reference to some art-world twat who wants to keep it. I have a solution. Take it apart, block by gruesomely ugly exposed concrete block and re-erect it in the garden of wherever the 20th Century Society has its headquarters. Then they can stare at it, whilst those of us who have to live with it can enjoy what will replace it (an enormous Tesco, no doubt). Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea.... Barry Unwin, South Tyneside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6702 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 It's a mess but it's not the worst one I've seen. If anyone (MattM4 probably will have) ever saw the Tricorn Building in Portsmouth before it we demolished, you'll know what I mean. The 'Get Carter' building is postively attractive by comparison to this shit-hole: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Besty 4 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 What will happen to Gateshead Indoor Market though? It's closing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Wasn't there a campaign to save that too Craig? By architecture buffs rather than residents obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6702 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Wasn't there a campaign to save that too Craig? By architecture buffs rather than residents obviously. Aye, and I seem to remember there were massive protests the day the bulldozers moved in by the 'concrete conservationists'. The thing had been derelict for about 2 decades and was home to nothing but violent crime and smackheads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 It's a mess but it's not the worst one I've seen. If anyone (MattM4 probably will have) ever saw the Tricorn Building in Portsmouth before it we demolished, you'll know what I mean. The 'Get Carter' building is postively attractive by comparison to this shit-hole: Tbf though, look at the skies on those Portsmouth pics. I tell you this, lots of ugly/plain looking architecture can look a lot better when the weather is good and the sun is out. Just as all of outlook improves generally. Equally when it's grim then grim architecture looks even worse. I'm a fully committed Northerner but I have to say I think the weather is grim anywhere above Birmingham for most of the year. The South has it far better. For that reason it's even more important that we get good architecture up here. PS I know none of you consider me a northerner before you start but you can shove it up your arses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 22490 Posted June 18, 2007 Author Share Posted June 18, 2007 Looks very similar to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Architecture is very important imo because as Sammy alludes to it improves the quality of life for those who live, work and visit urban areas. Along with other things obviously, architecture makes a city what it is. Compare Newcastle city centre to Gateshead town centre and you'll know what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Looks very similar to me. No I agree. On that Gateshead pic it looks canny sunny. Proves my point though-I dont think it looks so terrible as a result. Picture it in the piss wet through though and indistinguishable from slate grey skies and you get my drift you rhastclart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Ah, the 60's I get all sentimental when I see such marvellous architecture as the pic above and fondly remember that abomination which used to be near Forest Hall (the name escapes me, right now _ began with a W ?). "Concrete jungle, the animals are after me.... Concrete jungle, I'm glad I got my mates with me....." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Architecture is very important imo because as Sammy alludes to it improves the quality of life for those who live, work and visit urban areas. Along with other things obviously, architecture makes a city what it is. Compare Newcastle city centre to Gateshead town centre and you'll know what I mean. Precisely-quality of life issue for me. And as an outsider I'd say that Newcastle looks awesome in parts and it lifts the whole experience. In fact I'd say it was a world apart from when I used to come up as a bairn when it was canny shit and shabby. Same goes for Manchester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Ah, the 60's I get all sentimental when I see such marvellous architecture as the pic above and fondly remember that abomination which used to be near Forest Hall (the name escapes me, right now _ began with a W ?). "Concrete jungle, the animals are after me.... Concrete jungle, I'm glad I got my mates with me....." Where Woolco was. Forget the name of the shopping centre attached to it. Killingworth flats were fucking horrible too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Ah, the 60's I get all sentimental when I see such marvellous architecture as the pic above and fondly remember that abomination which used to be near Forest Hall (the name escapes me, right now _ began with a W ?). "Concrete jungle, the animals are after me.... Concrete jungle, I'm glad I got my mates with me....." I thought concrete jungle was reggae? Apparently you can't do reggae Snakey cos when I tried those lyrics in my head they just didnt seem right coming from you. Must be the George Michael association. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Ah, the 60's I get all sentimental when I see such marvellous architecture as the pic above and fondly remember that abomination which used to be near Forest Hall (the name escapes me, right now _ began with a W ?). "Concrete jungle, the animals are after me.... Concrete jungle, I'm glad I got my mates with me....." I thought concrete jungle was reggae? Apparently you can't do reggae Snakey cos when I tried those lyrics in my head they just didnt seem right coming from you. Must be the George Michael association. Specials AKA. Alex, the whole Killingworth township thing was what I was thinking of. Cheers. I thought it started with a W but now realise that I was thinking of Warkworth, as that it was Warkworth castle that the architects claimed they had based the design on!!! Chuck's word carbuncle was very apt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6702 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Architecture is very important imo because as Sammy alludes to it improves the quality of life for those who live, work and visit urban areas. Along with other things obviously, architecture makes a city what it is. Compare Newcastle city centre to Gateshead town centre and you'll know what I mean. Precisely-quality of life issue for me. And as an outsider I'd say that Newcastle looks awesome in parts and it lifts the whole experience. In fact I'd say it was a world apart from when I used to come up as a bairn when it was canny shit and shabby. Same goes for Manchester. I actually think the centre of most of the established cities in the UK are architecturally attractive. Mind you, that's the age of the settlement, large proportions of Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool, Nottingham have strong Georgian influences and it's the making of the cities IMO. 20th century urban architecture, particularly early post-WW2 stuff is rancid. Anyone who's visited Stevenage (sorry Gejon!) will know what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Architecture is very important imo because as Sammy alludes to it improves the quality of life for those who live, work and visit urban areas. Along with other things obviously, architecture makes a city what it is. Compare Newcastle city centre to Gateshead town centre and you'll know what I mean. Precisely-quality of life issue for me. And as an outsider I'd say that Newcastle looks awesome in parts and it lifts the whole experience. In fact I'd say it was a world apart from when I used to come up as a bairn when it was canny shit and shabby. Same goes for Manchester. I actually think the centre of most of the cities in the UK are architecturally attractive. Mind you, that's the age of the settlement, large proportions of Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool, Nottingham have strong Georgian influences and it's the making of the cities IMO. 20th century urban architecture, particularly early post-WW2 stuff is rancid. Anyone who's visited Stevenage (sorry Gejon!) will know what I mean. Possibly the only thing with less architectural merit than Stevenage is Gejon himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Look at all the horrible 60's stuff in the toon. A lot of it has been or is in the process of being demolished now though. I quite like the Civic Centre though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6702 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Is the tower block that stood on walkways over John Dobson Street still there? The library is a fucking horrid building too. Agree about the Civic Centre though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Look at all the horrible 60's stuff in the toon. A lot of it has been or is in the process of being demolished now though. I quite like the Civic Centre though. I think the Civic Centre is okay as it doesn't 'compete' with any great architecture around it - apart, perhaps, from the church. I'm not too convinced about 'the lampshade' though, but I suppose it does have individual merit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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