Can we just knock down these blights on the landscape once and for all? 
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Don't ask Beaker. He's just another muppet. -
Not when each ex-council flat is "worth" £200K each in London. -
I won't let that stop me...Don't ask Beaker. He's just another muppet.Comment
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Preferably with the chavs inside.Originally posted by beaker View PostCan we just knock down these blights on the landscape once and for all?Comment
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Amen to thatOriginally posted by chicane View PostSome people are like slinkys, totally pointless but the thought of pushing them down a flight of stairs never fails to put a smile on your face.Comment
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I thought that the Tricorn centre in Portsmouth was so horrible that it should have been kept as a reminder to future generations on how not to build things .... but it is not there any more.Originally posted by beaker View PostCan we just knock down these blights on the landscape once and for all?
There are people lobbying to keep the Robin Hood Gardens estate around the corner from me in London. The council want to demolish it, and they should, but there are people that claim it is iconic
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colonicOf all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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No because some of them have now become listed buildings. They were designed by the architectural gurus of the day and must be preserved.Originally posted by beaker View PostCan we just knock down these blights on the landscape once and for all?I am not qualified to give the above advice!
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Step back, have a think and adjust my own own attitude from time to timeComment
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You can't flatten all the ugly 60/70's buildings otherwise Swindon would vanish.Comment
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That's the first time I've ever heard the words "Neath" and "award winning" in the same sentence.Originally posted by zeitghostComment
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