We screwed things up when we didn't put the Marina where Prinny Quay is and Prinny Quay(called something else obviously) on the car park/BHS/old Co-op site.
North side. I think the old GAME unit is currently being re-fitted out, so perhaps someone is set to move in? King Edward St is the worst - The western side of it is OK, but the eastern side (it's poorer 'twin') is soo empty. I think the eastern side would be best being knocked down for central offices. Mary Portas made a good point at Humber Business Week when she said that city centre's were originally places of civic activities - shops simply sprung up around them due to convenience. The places to meet, discuss business etc was the reason for the centre being a bust place originally, not shops. As for there being a "need to be a real re-think into how to get people to move through our city centre" - I suggested to the council they should take the example of the Metro free bus that other towns and cities have that circle central shopping areas for free, but my idea was to mix it with the idea of the Bridlington Land Train, make it electric (so it plays on Hull's bid to become the centre for renewable energy) with solar panels on it's roof etc... get a local 'green' company to sponsor it, stick advertising space on the side and back of it and get a volunteer to drive it, with 'courtesy slots' to tip the driver.... with the 'boost the high st' government grant, it'd end up paying for itself and maybe make money by encouraging more shops to open up in areas not clustered around St.Stephen's.
It's more Castle St that was messed up - if the marina was in Princes Dock, the boats wouldn't be able to get out due to the road. Castle St should've been further North and curved round to meet the docks near Mount Pleasant. Then all the old warehouses would still be there and there would be nothing in the way of getting to the marina.
Currently being renovated. Internally first, then externally later this year/start of next year... should be good coming away from City games watching it's progress.
That is a bit glib....where would you have routed it? Through City Hall/Victoria Square/Queens Gardens?
A new £7m A&E dep looks decent on the pics, but the rest inside is grotty and dirty. Then the exterior has has the netting which will take ages to redo. I'm sure they'd save money by just knocking it down and rebuilding, make it like the women and kids one?
How about a working pier and paddle-steamer ferries cruising this huge river? Oh ****! We blew it......
Looks like something the bearded fury would fly a 737 into. I'm not saying it will happen but it's a possibility. Has anyone thought of this? Probably not. That is all.
We can build a bridge to span the Humber, but you think raising a road twenty feet to allow boats in and out would be beyond us? We had the opportunity to stick a Marina in the heart of the city centre, not taking it was ridiculous. As for HRI, it's not worth the money we're spending on renovating it, it should be demolished and replaced.
True, as long as you ignor the other dozen or so buildings that are almost as tall or possibly taller, such as the council tower blocks.
Two council tower blocks also have 22 floors and another two have 20 floors, though this hotel will apparently be a bit taller. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_and_structures_in_Kingston_upon_Hull
your so right about those warehouses - its a real shame to lose those proper chunky lumps of Hulls working past , the sad thing is there wasn't a real need to lose them , their footprint is a sad bit of ****ty grass on the north side to Castle St. As for the necessity of the position of castle st , again i agree , especially when you consider it took 30 years to address the problems of joining East and West at this southern most route .If the planners was to scar the city centre (with the ring roads) they should have either done it at once allowing the centre to adapt or left the beautiful Mytongate area and forced heavy traffic north . Instead the council made little chops all over the place from Rawlings way to Mt Pleasant , Freetown way , clive sully , Hedon rd (attempts 1,2,3) , Castle st , Hessle rd all in an effort to get traffic from east to west and beyond. A major road adjacent to the goods trainline (de gray st etc) much further north from Castle St and Freetown way for more local traffic would have been enough - It would stop a whole chunk of the old town being cut off from everything else.
I live in one of the remaining warehouses on the Marina. The only other one is now Ask, if these are what you mean? Where were the other ones? I was looking at some old pictures of the area in one of those Flashbacks a few weeks week. Were they just in front of Prinny Quay?
Wish I'd never mentioned HRI now as it detracts from the argument and I only mentioned it so that people could appreciate just how high the building will be. There are very tall buildings in the city of Hull. However the POINT here is that the most attractive are of the city is the Old Town. Yes, there are derelicts buildings, but in my view that provides the potential for enhancement whilst keeping structures that represent a link with the past. This building is an eyesore that is not only not in keeping, but also obscures the view of what Hull is all about; the river Humber.
