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Somebody posted it on twitter so it must be true
It feels like absolute bollocks to me. I'd find it very odd for the leader of the Council to suggest they won't be part of discussions about making the stadium ready for the Premier League regardless of what other negotiations were happening.
I have no inside line on this but it smells like bollocks to me.
Not the language or style he’d use I don’t think.
To me too, more like some FC bod making waves. I can't imagine a Council leader would make a threat like that, it'd be verging on bringing the council into disrepute imo.
If it was me, I'd be talking to Hull ionians plus the owner of the farm land immediately around it and basing it there.
Said it a hundred times on here, 40 odd acres sat in Cottingham at the Lawns doing nowt. **** the 60’s listed concrete building and get a state of the art facility built with good links to the west and a new road nearly finished passing only 1/4 of a mile away. I’m ringing Acun tonight.
It's Grade II* listed as an outstanding example of mid-century modernist design. I haven't seen it up close for years, so don't know what state it's in (mid-century concrete doesn't do well if it's not maintained) but it was award winning when it was built and needs to be preserved.
It also needs to be used however.
There's a parallel with a block of student accommodation near me in Newcastle: Henderson Hall which is also Grade II* listed. (The design isn't similar but the listed status and the situation is). It stood empty for years like The Lawns, then one night it mysteriously caught fire and was extensively damaged. Everyone then thought it would be torn down. But no. Newcastle University were ordered to rebuild it, which they are doing at great expense.
It was an unused University accommodation block. There are currently no firm plans for what to do with it when it's complete. The university website says 'Discussions about the future use of the building are continuing.'
If this concrete block is so valuable to society then incorporate it into the development and make it some kind of learning centre or health facility. (or simply torch it).
Absolutely. It needs to be developed and used.
It can't be destroyed because it's listed.
If it was demolished that would probably result in an order to re-build it.
Its 60 years ago and some aspects of that era of architecture should be preserved, if you'd lived in the 60's than the same timeframe would have been listing Victorian and Edwardian architecture.
I did live in the 60s. Most of the architecture was ****e. There's too much of it left in my opinion.
The Lawns were going to be accommodation for asylum seekers but the locals campaigned against it and the idea was dropped. It was empty then and has remained empty since. I cannot see why it cannot be sold to first time house buyers, not letting companies, to help people get on the housing ladder.
That’s exactly what happened…entire streets of beautiful Georgian / Victorian houses torn down for mid century concrete things
I have no idea what the plans are for it's development. I'd be interested to find out.
From what I can remember of the layout of the blocks, I don't see why it wouldn't be feasible to convert to affordable housing stock.
Just knocking down high rise flats built at the same time.
Around 2011, Assem Allam gave some money to Ionians to keep them afloat and offered to buy them and invest millions with the aim to turn them into a Premiership club, but it got rejected as he wanted complete control and ownership of the land that I think you are referring to. If it's the same owners as then, they may still not be willing to give up their land and business...
From what I've been told/hearing. They are skint and struggling so maybe it's the right time to approach them again.