End of an era

[Ithryn Luin]

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Was at the Co-op Live Arena this afternoon. Saw them taking down a favourite landmark of east Manchester.

I met my love, by the gasworks wall.....Dirty ol' town!

Tomorrows Daily Mail...... City destroying our heritage! Criminal destruction of our cultural traditions!

 

[PPT]

Symbolic of the worlds inevitable transition from fossil fuels - they are a relic of the passing energy storage industry as we look forward to a cleaner greener future. I won't miss it.

Fossil fuels will still be going strong when everyone on this forum is dead and buried that’s for sure. I’m not saying we can’t reduce our usage, but I can’t see a day when they will be totally obsolete - ever.
Anyway that old gasometer always took me back to being a kid in short pants. My dad used to take me with him when he visited his dad’s grave in Philips Park Cemetery. I was always in awe of it. Sat in the South Stand last season I could see it at every game and was still in awe of it. Pity it couldn’t be preserved in some way.

 

[PPT]

Round the back of Kings Cross its been done brilliantly - https://gasholderslondon.co.uk/

That is truly brilliant! Credit where it is due.

 

[Silva61]

Round the back of Kings Cross its been done brilliantly - https://gasholderslondon.co.uk/

Not sure if City have purchased this land yet, but I'm sure they will.
Whilst those ones at King's Cross look good we're along with our partners developing more residential property next door in Holt Town.
I'd hope the land would be used for something more innovative/ educational to fit in with the campus so attract more people to the area.
I may be wrong and they just turn it into a fuckin car park

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Round the back of Kings Cross its been done brilliantly - https://gasholderslondon.co.uk/

That looks great. I know fancy apartments have their problems but this is so much better than just ripping down these buildings.

I live in a 200 year old weaving shed. If I didn’t live here it’d probably have been knocked down.

It’s important we keep and repurpose our industrial architecture as much as possible.

 

[berryblue]

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Was at the Co-op Live Arena this afternoon. Saw them taking down a favourite landmark of east Manchester.

Thought you were going to say The B of the Bang!

 

[Dodge]

That looks great. I know fancy apartments have their problems but this is so much better than just ripping down these buildings.

I live in a 200 year old weaving shed. If I didn’t live here it’d probably have been knocked down.

It’s important we keep and repurpose our industrial architecture as much as possible.

You live in Nicky Weavers shed?

 

[Franny 1234]

I am unsure if its been decided but what's going up in its replacement ?

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

I am unsure if its been decided but what's going up in its replacement ?

Depends who buys the land. Apparently it needs a lot of decontamination too.

 

[Barcon]

Very sad. I’ll always remember it.
Like the windmill on the way to Blackpool.