Something worth seeing in the Wail

[Mich the Tester]

United States of decay: Images of a forgotten America and the ruins of the 20th century left abandoned across New York and other north eastern states | Mail Online

As usual, good pictures in the Wail.

Just makes me wonder; how much value do people place on historic buildings in their area?

Do you have buildings in your town/city or vicinity that you would really not want to miss? Would you be prepared to pay some part of your local taxes for their upkeep?

I can think of one near us, an old trade school built in the 30s that fell into decay, was marked for the wrecking ball so a property developer could build a big boring glass office but was then 'rescued' by a colony of artists and squatters who forced the council to recognise its value and now happily it's being restored. Maybe it's my weird taste, but I see beauty in a building like this, and I have a feeling that people in 100 years time might even see more beauty in it;

[Mich the Tester]

The building was a load of crap too, built in 1966, demolished in 2010(ish), leaked incessantly, looked like crap, shed bits of concrete periodically &, naturally enough, won an award for the architect.

The trouble with 60s buildings was much quickness, plenty cheapness. It seems that philosophy has now spread to other fields of work.

[suityou01]

I refuse to believe your thread title so didn't read any of this thread.

HTH

[Mich the Tester]

I refuse to believe your thread title so didn't read any of this thread.

HTH

Read it again; I didn't say there was something worth 'reading' in the Wail.

[EternalOptimist]

function is more important than form imho.

give me a good working sewer system any day.


mind you, I expect it would be tough to get a bunch of luvvies to occupy a sewer system

[gingerjedi]

You ma be interested in this site Zeity, I'm currently sat next to the guy responsible.

Forlorn Britain - South Wales and UK Urban Exploration

[Mich the Tester]

function is more important than form imho.

give me a good working sewer system any day.


mind you, I expect it would be tough to get a bunch of luvvies to occupy a sewer system

Well, if form follows function it can lead to something of beauty; that's what I like about the building I posted. For example, it has great big glass areas to flood the inside with natural light so that people learning a craft could see exactly what they were doing. But of course in the 1930s it couldn't be an entirely glass fronted building, so you have some variation and contrast in the appearance.

[Mich the Tester]

You ma be interested in this site Zeity, I'm currently sat next to the guy responsible.

Forlorn Britain - South Wales and UK Urban Exploration

This could be fabulous;
Forlorn Britain - Uk Urban Exploration

[EternalOptimist]

Well, if form follows function it can lead to something of beauty; that's what I like about the building I posted. For example, it has great big glass areas to flood the inside with natural light so that people learning a craft could see exactly what they were doing. But of course in the 1930s it couldn't be an entirely glass fronted building, so you have some variation and contrast in the appearance.

People can find beauty almost anywhere. But knowing that your poo is safely on it's way to the Ocean buys peace of mind that no beauty can ever achieve

[mudskipper]

Driving along the A30 through Camberley, just about every building with any character or architectural interest has been flattened to make space for flats/travelodges/storage facilities.

Just this week, Robin's Cinema, a lovely art deco building finally got bulldozed.



Funnily enough, they refused the planning permission to knock down an old school and build a mosque, because it wasn't in keeping with the (now non-existent) character of the area.