East Accrington/phoenix projects... - Page 8

fireman · 20-06-2005, 20:47

And who is making all the money outof these ideas cause someone is.

park381 · 20-06-2005, 21:03

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And who is making all the money outof these ideas cause someone is.

What about the contractor demolishing the houses, he will make a bob or two from all the dressed stone, slates etc. Could be HBC are paying him to demolish. Then we have the rebuild of what ever, who makes the profit from that..........the contractor. If one shop owner got £70k for his shop, what did other home owners get, so what is the cost of total demolishion. But there we go yet another community torn apart, lost forever.

fireman · 20-06-2005, 21:09

But yet sometimes they select an area and spend an absolute fortune on it their does not seem to be a standard.

park381 · 20-06-2005, 21:18

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But yet sometimes they select an area and spend an absolute fortune on it their does not seem to be a standard.

Think its a re-run of the 60's/70's where the planners thought everyone would like to live in "Tower Blocks". Blackburn built some, and demolished them, but they are still paying for them even now.
All down to the planners and some bright spark architect, that think they can read the minds of normal people, and know how they want to live, or live in.

fireman · 20-06-2005, 21:21

No one knows better than planners the are a law unto themselves, after all look at accy centre.

park381 · 20-06-2005, 21:29

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No one knows better than planners the are a law unto themselves, after all look at accy centre.

Whilst listening to the radio the other day, a local station, there were two architects answering questions..........they were father and son, both had different opinions on the demolishion of old terraced property, but were in agreement on the worst town centre, you guessed it, it was Accrington.

fireman · 20-06-2005, 21:33

Don't think anyone would disagree with that at all it used to be a clean and proud town but not any more, pity .

WillowTheWhisp · 21-06-2005, 09:48

I don't think it's so much the lack of cleanliness but the whole lack of character now. The town centre no longer seems to have an identity or a heart.

fireman · 21-06-2005, 10:08

Yes your right people used to know each other and talk to each other , now your frightened of saying the wrong thing. The cleanliness issue in the town centre does leave a lot to be desired though.

WillowTheWhisp · 21-06-2005, 10:35

Oh I'm as anti-grot as the next woman and I think a good clean up would go a long way to improve things but I was meanig the eyesores which masquerade as achitecture, not least all that "Wilkinsons block".

fireman · 21-06-2005, 10:38

And the canniblism placed upon the fronts of some really nice buildings on blackburn road.

WillowTheWhisp · 21-06-2005, 11:07

Yep, that as well. There is some lovely architecture hidden by cheap and tacky shop signs.