Architecture Appreciation

Smallman1

Have to say there weren’t any buildings like that growing up in Hampton Court.

bosstrabs

In a way, I loved and was fascinated by the urban decay of parts of Manchester when I was younger.

Also remember the cavernous, sprawling old Victoria station (before they chopped it down in size and built the then Nynex Arena over the top of it).

Litter and even rubble on the tracks. Diesel fumes. Rusted metal bridges falling apart. You can almost smell the place from the photos. No Pret a Manger in sight.

Along_the_Wire

bosstrabs Have to say, Waterloo was an absolute shithole for a long time - the current development seems to have taken about 30 years. Taxis and cars could drop off inside the station

Smallman1

Looks great Dave!

bosstrabs

Smallman1 Only people from the North West would feel the nostalgia.

Probably why you got glassed when you came up.

Smallman1

I got glassed because I came up from the South and didn’t feel the nostalgia?

Not sure you’ve thought that through Dave.

Mad_Cyril

Here’s a pic Dave getting twatted, in Hulme, for rocking up at Sankeys in his best neon ‘crasher kid outfit and handing out lollipops.

Talk about failing read the room

Mad_Cyril

The real irony is, that whilst the Hulme projects were knocked down a long time ago, large swathes of Merseydive still aren’t up to the same living standards of mid 1980’s Hulme.

The county Dave tentatively calls home is still bathed in squalor whilst Mcr is a thriving metropolis.

Fur Q Dave, you ginger BERK

bosstrabs

Mad_Cyril The county Dave tentatively calls home is still bathed in squalor

Cheshire? (I’ve lived in 3 counties in England, MC - Cheshire, Warwickshire, and Greater London - and not one of them is ‘bathed in squalor’)

Not sure you’ve thought this through MC.

Fuck me, I was only ‘engaging’ with your post, not sure you’ll have many other takers reminiscing good or bad about the Hulme Crescents.

bosstrabs

Mad_Cyril Fur Q Dave, you ginger BERK

Quite telling that you’re obviously in some kind of ‘mood’ today though. Lost this month’s mortgage on the high-stakes gamblers I assume. Or maybe the Ozempic is having its well-known depressive side effects.

Mad_Cyril

bosstrabs Quite telling that you’re obviously in some kind of ‘mood’ today though. Lost this month’s mortgage on the high-stakes gamblers I assume. Or maybe the Ozempic is having its well-known depressive side effects.

All of the above. Bang on as always

Smallman1

This new MC and OLB partnership is devastating!

Amps

bosstrabs What the whole of Britain would look like if Amps were in charge.

Erm, no, I spent some time recently arguing on here that brutalism only works in a contrasting setting, it doesn’t work when you stack it endlessly next to one another. The Crescents were the final form of the flat roof pub. Not a fan.

Mad_Cyril

Amps
Theqy actually were a stark contrast to the surrounding area, not pretty, but pretty jarring.

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