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Post by timelesstable on Oct 7, 2011 6:33:53 GMT 1
The latest list of Cultural-Heritage sites issued yesterday includeds Preston Bus Station WORLD MONUMENTS FUND ANNOUNCES 2012 WATCH, ENCOMPASSING 67 THREATENED CULTURAL-HERITAGE SITES ACROSS THE GLOBE cdn.wmf.org/downloads/Watch-PR.pdfThen at the top of page five we have from the UK: The 2012 Watch includes several examples of modern architecture, which continues to be at risk internationally. • Three outstanding modernist sites—in Preston, Birmingham, and London, England—are grouped under the umbrella of “British Brutalism.” The Preston Bus Station was once the world’s largest bus station and is now slated for demolition as part of a redevelopment scheme. Birmingham Central Library is the largest non-national library in Europe and is also threatened with demolition for redevelopment purposes. Upon its completion in 1976, London’s South Bank Centre was viewed as a visionary combination of performance spaces and an art gallery, but it continues to be denied heritage status. These and other buildings like them date from an era in which government had the resources and the will to create major civic buildings. Their reputation suffered during the post-modernist 1980s, and in the very different climate of today they are too often seen as impediments to private-sector redevelopment.
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Post by SF07 on Oct 7, 2011 10:16:36 GMT 1
Article on the BBC website. Debate has now started about whether to continue with plans to demolish the station and build a new one or not. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15180978
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Post by mollman on Oct 7, 2011 15:38:45 GMT 1
Please, please, please demolish it. It's even worse than Broadmarsh in Nottingham!
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Post by Davidc on Oct 24, 2011 16:12:16 GMT 1
The problem is, if the bus station was demolished, what happens to the city's bus network?
Preston has a bus network in which all bus routes work in and out of the city centre, converging on the bus station. If it was to be demolished and replaced by a smaller bus station then there would be a major problem. Many of the bus routes operate at a high frequency of up to every 15mins. Having this many buses trying to use a small facility would be a major headache for all concerned. If the demolition was to take place and its replacement built then there would have to be major changes to the city’s bus network.
Personally, I think the bus station is serving its purpose well. It provides an interchange between all the city’s bus services as well as local and national coach services. The car park above is always busy as well. I think money should be put forward to have the bus station fully refurbished. All the facilities needed are there, its just that there all very run down and very out dated.
I do also have ideas about what could be done should the bus station be demolished. But that’s for another time.
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Oct 26, 2011 22:26:10 GMT 1
It just needs refurbishing, it looks like it hasn't had one penny spent since it was built.
It is like a workingh museum though, with the references to PCTD & RMS on signs (Preston Corporation Transport Department and Ribble Motor Services)
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