Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium Development and Collar Site (cont
There's been discussion for quite a while over what to do with gasometers. As far ago as 1999, there were plans to dismantle virtually all of Britain's gasometers within a decade: <a class="postlink" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/264609.stm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/264609.stm</a>
That didn't happen, but last November National Grid "revealed plans to demolish 76 gas holders at a cost of £79m" - <a class="postlink" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/10474246/Gasometers-under-threat-of-demolition.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/news ... ition.html</a>
The two at The Oval cricket ground in south London are the most famous, and they've been decommissioned and a planning application may be made to demolish them - <a class="postlink" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/10597517/End-of-an-innings-Time-called-on-Oval-landmark.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/news ... dmark.html</a>
I thought the rumour was that the one at the top of the north car parks might now be developed into apartments, like this one in Dublin (thought I'd seen it on this thread, actually) - <a class="postlink" href="http://armchairtravelogue.blogspot.ru/2009/06/dublin-gasworks-apartments-alliance.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://armchairtravelogue.blogspot.ru/2 ... iance.html</a>
I know that a few years ago, there was actually an idea to make a feature of it at Eastlands, by putting a giant football in it, but they evidently ditched that before anything was made public.
(That's not a joke, by the way!).
There's been discussion for quite a while over what to do with gasometers. As far ago as 1999, there were plans to dismantle virtually all of Britain's gasometers within a decade: <a class="postlink" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/264609.stm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/264609.stm</a>
That didn't happen, but last November National Grid "revealed plans to demolish 76 gas holders at a cost of £79m" - <a class="postlink" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/10474246/Gasometers-under-threat-of-demolition.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/news ... ition.html</a>
The two at The Oval cricket ground in south London are the most famous, and they've been decommissioned and a planning application may be made to demolish them - <a class="postlink" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/10597517/End-of-an-innings-Time-called-on-Oval-landmark.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/news ... dmark.html</a>
I thought the rumour was that the one at the top of the north car parks might now be developed into apartments, like this one in Dublin (thought I'd seen it on this thread, actually) - <a class="postlink" href="http://armchairtravelogue.blogspot.ru/2009/06/dublin-gasworks-apartments-alliance.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://armchairtravelogue.blogspot.ru/2 ... iance.html</a>
I know that a few years ago, there was actually an idea to make a feature of it at Eastlands, by putting a giant football in it, but they evidently ditched that before anything was made public.
(That's not a joke, by the way!).
