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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
1715 Posts |
Posted - 12/09/2008 : 10:39:08
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Good piece here about towers in general. Brighton has got it all wrong by putting the odd one here and there. If there were to be towers, and these probably do not suit Brighton and Hove anyway, they should be in clusters. But, even so, any here would only have that visual effect from out at sea. Gehry's original proposal for 4 towers made more sense than the subsequent proposal but it was the wrong place.
As the article says, Brighton and Hove should make more of their streets.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/12/heritage
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Daveb
Earthsea
2823 Posts |
 Posted - 12/09/2008 : 10:45:36
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Any new building that removes veiws should be able to be objected to in the same way as light deprevation.
KA, Marina, Ocean Hotel development are all over-the-top. |
We're all doomed!
Head for the hills before they start heading for you! |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
1715 Posts |
Posted - 23/09/2008 : 09:46:31
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Yesterday's Argus had a small report which said that November 9th is the date when Karis has to settle the King Alfred matters and that there will be meetings about it (in public?) in October and November.
Are these the formalities of the end game? |
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B.O.B.
Barsoom
106 Posts |
Posted - 24/09/2008 : 15:00:05
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| Is the i360 still going ahead? Haven't heard anything about that lately. |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
1715 Posts |
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Control Panel
Discworld
1504 Posts |
Posted - 01/10/2008 : 10:53:25
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This shows that flats in Leeds and Birmingham - "new build" - have fallen in price by up to 50%. They cannot get rid of them.
The King Alfred flats cannot possibly be built. Why is the council being so slow to announce any new plan - or overdue maintenance - for the King Alfred?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/oct/01/banking.regulators1 |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6640 Posts |
Posted - 01/10/2008 : 11:35:34
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| Look, let's be frank ... this is Brighton & Hove City Council we are talking about; not some efficient, well organised and well run organisation. |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Martha Gunn
Barsoom
255 Posts |
Posted - 01/10/2008 : 18:31:02
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Lets face it, The King Alfred development that was given planning permission is dead in the water at the moment. Doesn't planning permission last for 3 years or something giving the developer a window of opportunity to put something in place?
Hopefully, Karis will get their fingers burned in the economic climate with their development in Black Lion Street meaning they are unable to progress although that still leaves the KA site in limbo for possibly years. |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
1715 Posts |
Posted - 03/10/2008 : 12:25:44
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Mrs Poppadum has just rung to say that Josh Arghiros has applied to change the application details for his dodgy-sounding restaurant in Black Lion Street - and the printed application is credited to a certain "Mr Karis".
It will take more than that to throw people off his scent, she said! |
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Control Panel
Discworld
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Daveb
Earthsea
2823 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2008 : 07:35:21
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Josh Arghiros has found some backers with money!
The only person that has. Cloud cuckoo land! |
We're all doomed!
Head for the hills before they start heading for you! |
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B.O.B.
Barsoom
106 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2008 : 10:07:27
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| So there is no cut off date of Nov 9th to end the contract. It can be any date according to the Council. Why mention it in the first place then. |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6640 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2008 : 10:24:34
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| Why don't they just give Joshie boy the keys to the city coffers and be done with it? |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
1715 Posts |
Posted - 12/10/2008 : 09:39:25
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| Perhaps these new putative backers can tell us everything we need to know about Sicily? |
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Control Panel
Discworld
1504 Posts |
Posted - 12/10/2008 : 13:36:06
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quote:
Originally posted by Infinite Poppadum
Perhaps these new putative backers can tell us everything we need to know about Sicily?
There's no doubt quite a lot of people that Karis would like to bury in the foundations. |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
1715 Posts |
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Daveb
Earthsea
2823 Posts |
Posted - 12/10/2008 : 19:00:30
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Indeed. Houses and flats have become smaller. So much so that battery hens refuse to buy them.
If you go to any new development you will find the room too small. No cats allowed, let alone swing. |
We're all doomed!
Head for the hills before they start heading for you! |
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Daveb
Earthsea
2823 Posts |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6640 Posts |
Posted - 17/10/2008 : 15:47:59
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| Oh what a shame (says she lying through her back teeth) |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Daveb
Earthsea
2823 Posts |
Posted - 17/10/2008 : 16:21:40
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| I have heard of people who need eyes in the back of their head but why would you need teeth in your back? |
We're all doomed!
Head for the hills before they start heading for you! |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6640 Posts |
Posted - 17/10/2008 : 19:51:18
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"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
1715 Posts |
Posted - 17/10/2008 : 19:55:47
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Shouldn't the headlne be "King Alfred Hopes Rise"? Hopes have risen that the horrible thing will not be built!
The Council has wasted so much money instead of repairing it until such time as it is in a position to afford something else. |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6640 Posts |
Posted - 17/10/2008 : 20:17:43
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| Can we, the hapless taxpayers, ask for an account of how much of our money has gone into this whole process from start to finish? |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Control Panel
Discworld
1504 Posts |
Posted - 19/10/2008 : 18:09:01
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| It was announced that the latest post is by B.O.B. but there is no sign of it. |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6640 Posts |
Posted - 19/10/2008 : 18:18:26
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| Maybe he deleted it as soon as he posted it ... it happens sometimes. |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
1715 Posts |
Posted - 19/10/2008 : 21:36:17
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And now ING has had to be bailed out by the Dutch government. Vast amount. They won't be rushing back to Hove.
How much cocaine had gone up those bankers' noses when they thought the seafront flats could ever be a viable proposition?
Will anybody ever trust banks again? These so-called institutions have lost all credibility in the real world. |
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Edwin the Scot
Barsoom
118 Posts |
Posted - 28/10/2008 : 15:48:09
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| Novermber 8th is the last date for Karis to show that it can go ahead with the King Alfred. |
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B.O.B.
Barsoom
106 Posts |
Posted - 30/10/2008 : 19:15:44
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Looking forward to the Headline soon on the Argus front page.
Gehry/Karis King Alfred Project Scrapped.
If only. |
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Control Panel
Discworld
1504 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2008 : 17:48:16
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The king Alfred has collapsed - and yet Mr Karis has the gall to ask for two years' grace while he tries to scrape together a few bob.
If the Tories go along with that, it's poltical suicide. |
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B.O.B.
Barsoom
106 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2008 : 08:42:55
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| NO,NO,NO, PLEASE NO! |
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King Alfred