Have you been?To be fair it's pretty offensive to Stalingrad.
because the council are cretins who haven't got a clue.
No council in their right mind hands a flag ship town centre building over to Primark if they're serious about doing something to revive the city centre.
Look at their latest bit of genius, (apart from teaming up with an out of town rugby club to try and kill the Citys 130 year old football team).
Friargate - looks good, coming along nicely, only problem is the rail companies might be cutting Services from Coventry to London but no one thought to check! Whole thing could be (another) white elephant!
Have you been?
I have and your comment is just ridiculous in the extreme.
They won't cut services I'm sure.Spot on
It's when you bumped it from
It is. Nottingham and Leicester are similar size and are vastly superior. The retail choice is greater and the footfall so much greater. Coventry pays homage to Stalingrad.
The last post was nearly 8 years ago..What? You've lost me.
Just say No to drugs, Samo! :wideyed:What? You've lost me.
Ah yes Nottingham, what a fabulous reputation that city has!
Nottingham is a lot further?The reputation is irrelevant.
It has John Lewis.
Coventry has Primark. I would urge you to go one Sunday and then go the coventry the next Sunday and tell me what the difference is.
Nottingham is a lot further?
I like Nottingham. Have lots of relatives there and my family can be traced back to Sherwood Forest in 1066.
Went to the Bull Ring yesterday too, which is very nice.
Coventry has made lots of mistakes, but is now seemingly putting it things right and we should at least commend the bits they are indeed getting right.
With the greatest respect Otis, when there's 10s of millions of pounds at stake, I'd want something a little more concrete than one of your hunches as reassurance!They won't cut services I'm sure.
Sure the stat is that outside London Coventry is either the busiest or fastest growing.
Can't remember the exact fact, but I am sure they won't cut services to London.
Friargate should be really nice. Grendel is incredibly biased towards Coventry and his pure, blind hatred of the place is embarrassing.
No-one is saying the place is great, but we should rightly condemn what is wrong with the place, but then be honest enough to accentuate the positives.
Friargate should be very nice and the opening up of the Sherbourne opposite the transport museum with cafes alongside should be very nice too. Charterhouse sounds like it is going to be lovely.
Around the cathedral is very nice and the old cathedral and St. Mary's Guildhall and the transport museum and the Herbert are all popular with tourists.
It is all over the place. The only really decent bit now is the Lower Precinct.To be fair there are 2 sides to this.
Coventry is a decent city to live in and there are many bigger shit holes in the country.
But when looking solely at the city centre, for a town of it's size it's a disaster.
I just think due the fact of Coventry station being so busy.With the greatest respect Otis, when there's 10s of millions of pounds at stake, I'd want something a little more concrete than one of your hunches as reassurance!
To be fair there are 2 sides to this.
Coventry is a decent city to live in and there are many bigger shit holes in the country.
But when looking solely at the city centre, for a town of it's size it's a disaster.
What are they doing in Allesley Village? New one on me that.Correct - it's the Centre. Places like Earlsdon, Eastern green are pleasant enough. I'm worried wants happening in Allesley Village but yes there are
What coventry has never ever attempted to do is encourage professionals into the centre. It's very well wrecking green belt land around the windmill hotel but why bother? No one who lives there will go to coventry to shop. I work with people who've worked in coventry for years but never set foot in the centre.
It is all over the place. The only really decent bit now is the Lower Precinct.
Hoping now Green's have gone (or are going) that they will build more restaurants in Cathedral Lanes.
Would be a good idea too if Wilko's moved into the now empty BHS store and freed that space up too.
Cathedral lanes should be knocked down, what other city blocks the view of it's most iconic building with a half arsed red brick monstrosity?It is all over the place. The only really decent bit now is the Lower Precinct.
Hoping now Green's have gone (or are going) that they will build more restaurants in Cathedral Lanes.
Would be a good idea too if Wilko's moved into the now empty BHS store and freed that space up too.
It's here anyway. I am just saying move it. What's the problem with that? Make Cathedral Lanes the restaurant quarter.Wilkos - awesome - that will being the high earners in.
What are they doing in Allesley Village? New one on me that.
That's in allsley?On a serious note it's a real problem - an elderly woman was robbed the other week - thieves barged in pushed her over and did a raid.
There are some very unsavoury characters wandering around.
I was really shocked. I saw some guy yelling abuse in the street who was clearly out of his face and a gang of unsavoury yobs shouting abuse.
I know where it's coming from
That's in allsley?
Yes, you space cadet.
No defense, you're still a space cadet!In my defense, it appeared in the 'Popular Threads Right Now' section, how did that happen? Anyway... it appears to have prompted more debate than it did originally so hey ho!
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