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  • alreadypacked
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    Originally posted by zeitghost
    And the downside is?
    You would not know where on the M4 you were stuck the traffic jam

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  • chicane
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    Originally posted by zeitghost
    The monstrous design award winning civic centre in Neath, built 1966, is about to be demolished...
    That's the first time I've ever heard the words "Neath" and "award winning" in the same sentence.

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  • DimPrawn
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    You can't flatten all the ugly 60/70's buildings otherwise Swindon would vanish.

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  • The Lone Gunman
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    Originally posted by beaker View Post
    Can we just knock down these blights on the landscape once and for all?
    No because some of them have now become listed buildings. They were designed by the architectural gurus of the day and must be preserved.

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  • Board Game Geek
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    iconic


    colonic

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  • Gonzo
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    Originally posted by beaker View Post
    Can we just knock down these blights on the landscape once and for all?
    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.

    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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  • shelby68
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    Originally posted by chicane View Post
    Preferably with the chavs inside.
    Amen to that

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  • chicane
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    Originally posted by beaker View Post
    Can we just knock down these blights on the landscape once and for all?
    Preferably with the chavs inside.

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  • beaker
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    I won't let that stop me...

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  • DimPrawn
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    Not when each ex-council flat is "worth" £200K each in London.

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  • beaker
    started a topic 60s tower blocks

    60s tower blocks

    Can we just knock down these blights on the landscape once and for all?

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