It's gradually coming down... please log in to view this image A bloke from Radisson hotels was on RH earlier, they're expecting to open during the second quarter of 2017(earlier if possible) and they expect to employ 76 staff.
There was a big thing about 'Jacks' being demolished and the amount of asbestos that had been found, I would have thought Ranks would have been overflowing with the stuff but I can't find any mention of it.
The demolition was supposed to take three weeks, it's been a month now and barely any of it has come down yet... please log in to view this image
My old man was a lighter man for Rank's spent most of his working life transporting flour from King George dock to the mill by barge.
More vandalism from private businesses. Still, they get the building plot in the end. http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-s-music-halls-facing-demolition/story-26549503-detail/story.html From Victorian music hall to bingo – The Albert Hall in Midland Street faces demolition please log in to view this image ONE of Hull's first music halls could be demolished if it is not cleaned up within the next week. The Albert Hall in Midland Street, west Hull, has long been in a state of disrepair. The Victorian-era building, which opened in 1874, has been surrounded by a fence in recent years to protect passers-by from any falling objects from its deteriorating frontage. Now, Hull City Council has served a Section 215 notice on the building's private owners, ordering them to repair and restore it by the end of the month or pay the bill for its subsequent demolition. "A Section 215 was issued to the owners of 10 Midland Street and this is due to expire at the end of this month," a council spokesman said. "If the owners do not act upon the Section 215 notice then we will press ahead with demolition and bill the owners for any costs incurred." City council planning manager Alex Codd said the decision to demolish the Midland Street property if the Section 215 order was not fulfilled had been taken after a recent survey. He said the building was considered to be in a potentially dangerous condition. The survey was carried out following a recent fire in the derelict former New York Hotel, in nearby Anlaby Road. The rear of both the hotel and the music hall are next to each other. Mr Codd said the council was progressing with plans to demolish the hotel later this year. The six-figure bill for the cost of the work will be sent to the property's private owners. "The Midland Street building is unstable and requires immediate demolition on safety grounds," he said. "The fire in the New York Hotel was contained to a small area of the building and, although it caused a lot of damage, including to the neighbouring William Hill betting shop, the hotel itself is not considered to be at risk of collapse at the moment." The Albert Hall is believed to have been built in the late 1860s following the creation of Midland Street, and officially opened for the first time in 1874. It was turned into a saloon bar and pub in the early 20th century, before its final transformation into a bingo hall in the 1970s. The building has been empty for more than two decades. Local historian Paul Gibson said the hall had been allowed to deteriorate to a "disgraceful" state. "Due to its present state, I would suspect demolition to be the only outcome for the hall," he said. "Another irreplaceable piece of Hull's architectural and social heritage is crumbling. It will soon become another part of our social history that will be lost to the people of Hull."
Isn't the Albert Hall owner the same one that owns the New York? (I seem to remember that there was a planning application for a hotel that incorporated both sites) The council won 't recover any of the demolition costs, the owner is a Pakistani national who's never filed accounts in the UK, he'll just disappear and the council will end up owning the site.
Right on my doorstep , I travel along Midland St , multiple times a day. The surround fence has been in place , as in the picture above for a year. It's bloody dangerous.
The fence went up in 2013. It's too far gone now, it's been empty over twenty years. There was a group set up to fight for the preservation of the building, but it didn't really get anywhere and I think both there and the New York have changed hands a couple of times since they became empty.
I once went in there. I must've been 17-ish. Went with my best pal. We were like babies to the crowd in there. As far as I can recall, there was an upstairs gallery, so you could look down to the folks below. I think.
I walked down Midland street for the first time in a long time going to Tiger Lair before the Burnley game, and was shocked what a state the building down the street were in.
The only building that's got any protection down there, is Turner Court... please log in to view this image
