They made the stupid decision to separate the top and bottom floors and that's why upstairs is never quite a success. You could walk past and not know there was a restaurant there. What they need really is a place that is one entity and is a cafe downstairs a then a restaurant up. A single flow unit.But it is not doing a lot, they can't sell it, can't find a use for it, has no parking & that dodgy Rois Ali failed in one of his business ventures.
Maybe I'm being a Philistine here but I think it would be better if they flatten pool meadow, the old fire station, Sainsbury's & the rest of the lower half of Trinity St and build something useful.
It was considered, but I believe it is still up for sale with all options open.Isn't the fire station being turned in to apartments?
It's a nice buiding but it's another one in Coventry that's on a dead street, the street being dead due to the ridiculous Ring Road. I agree about flattening Pool Meadow, think the council were on the right lines when they stopped using it. If we must have a bus station it should be an interchange with the railway station.
That's Grendel all over. You talk about one thing and he has to go and denigrate something else. Never known anyone with such a deep hatred of the city.Hell hole? Grow up
Not the ring roads fault, that section is the quietest, it’s the fact there’s bugger all there for people that drive. It’s students and bus users.
Agree about Pool Meadow. Completely pointless now, much better to use the planned one by the station.
Nowhere worse than by the lovely Whitefrairs. Such a lovely ancient building and slam dunk next to the ring road. No idea what they were thinking there.The Ring Road has created dead streets and odd plots of land all around the city. Such a shame the plan to remove that elevated section never came to fruition.
Nowhere worse than by the lovely Whitefrairs. Such a lovely ancient building and slam dunk next to the ring road. No idea what they were thinking there.
It now sits there isolated.
I know that's why I said on another post demolish the Brittania and move whitefriars there plus the student block that goes over the road. Rebuild the bus station. Whitefriars could be used for so many things and part of the cost of moving it would be by selling the land to the university.Nowhere worse than by the lovely Whitefrairs. Such a lovely ancient building and slam dunk next to the ring road. No idea what they were thinking there.
It now sits there isolated.
I know that's why I said on another post demolish the Brittania and move whitefriars there plus the student block that goes over the road. Rebuild the bus station. Whitefriars could be used for so many things and part of the cost of moving it would be by selling the land to the university.
It's not the council it's the new people who run the precinct who are also getting rid of that stupid rampWith the council wanting to get rid of those green escalators, what is going to happen to the shops in that already quiet part of the centre?
It's not the council it's the new people who run the precinct who are also getting rid of that stupid ramp
No way. It would fall apart.I know that's why I said on another post demolish the Brittania and move whitefriars there plus the student block that goes over the road. Rebuild the bus station. Whitefriars could be used for so many things and part of the cost of moving it would be by selling the land to the university.
Ah, okay.
Totally agree with getting rid of it but will be interested to see what happens to the shops above.
I spoke to them when they had an info. session on in a disused unit in Cathedral Lanes a few months back.
They reckon they already have full occupancy on the South side as far down as the old BHS.
The intention on the North side was to incorporate some Cafe/Restaurants to bring trade to that side and I think they hoped to get M&S to move their restaurant into the upper level of the old Virgin place. They were also going to build some apartments on the upper levels (though it would be a nightmare to live in a place like that, even for students)
The whole thing was a bit bland, they were only thinking of the commercial aspect and their ideas had no architectural merit other than removing the godawful escalator and the jewellers shop that blocks the view.
My thinking too. To move such an ancient building with cost multiple millions and could be a disaster for the structure of the place.No way. It would fall apart.
My thinking too. To move such an ancient building with cost multiple millions and could be a disaster for the structure of the place.
Don't think it would be given more than half a second's consideration, if that at all.
Piece by piece just like they dNo way. It would fall apart.
So we leave it there and watch it crumble. Not used for anything but storeage. Why were the buildings moved to Spon Street? Was it because somebody had a vision of what could be? And how much did that cost?My thinking too. To move such an ancient building with cost multiple millions and could be a disaster for the structure of the place.
Don't think it would be given more than half a second's consideration, if that at all.
It's a shame there isn't a quite large plot near to the city centre, the council then (with some form of funding) could move some of these attractive old buildings and create some form of visitors museum, like the black Country living museum. I'm certain it would attract massive tourist interest and provide lucrative funds to save other historic buildings as time goes on.Piece by piece just like they d
So we leave it there and watch it crumble. Not used for anything but storeage. Why were the buildings moved to Spon Street? Was it because somebody had a vision of what could be? And how much did that cost?
Piece by piece just like they d
So we leave it there and watch it crumble. Not used for anything but storeage. Why were the buildings moved to Spon Street? Was it because somebody had a vision of what could be? And how much did that cost?
Whitefriars is hardly a ruin it's very well preserved at the momentThey were wooden framed buildings not 12th century sandstone and mortar ruins. Besides as has already been pointed out on this thread the Spon St buildings were those callously removed from their original settings by the Corporation when they built the ring road. Best not repeat that error.
Is it? Hope that's right, because it WAS crumbling.Whitefriars is hardly a ruin it's very well preserved at the moment
Looks so sad thereThe historical ruins next to building need to be preserved.
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Of course some parts are not their best but can be repaired/replaced just like the middle cathedral plus other buildings.Is it? Hope that's right, because it WAS crumbling.
It makes you wonder about the architect who thought it as a good idea to put a road as ugly as the ring road that close to a beautiful historic building. Hopefully at some point the ring road will be removed.Of course some parts are not their best but can be repaired/replaced just like the middle cathedral plus other buildings.
You would have thought it would have been the perfect place for an underpass. Could have done that with much of the ring road and have it going under rather than over.It makes you wonder about the architect who thought it as a good idea to put a road as ugly as the ring road that close to a beautiful historic building. Hopefully at some point the ring road will be removed.
You would have thought it would have been the perfect place for an underpass. Could have done that with much of the ring road and have it going under rather than over.
At the time?Impractical idea if you look at the topology.
Think you mean topography CD.Impractical idea if you look at the topology.
Ha! Never spotted that! Thought he HAD written topography.Think you mean topography CD.
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