60s tower blocks

[alreadypacked]

And the downside is?

You would not know where on the M4 you were stuck the traffic jam

[chicane]

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.

[DimPrawn]

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

[The Lone Gunman]

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.

[Board Game Geek]

iconic

colonic

[Gonzo]

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

[shelby68]

Preferably with the chavs inside.

Amen to that

[chicane]

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

Preferably with the chavs inside.

[beaker]

I won't let that stop me...

[DimPrawn]

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

[beaker]

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