TheBigUnit
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What's going on with the tower that was supposed to be being built down at the marina? Has it been cancelled?
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Brighton marina development
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The Large One
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That article says the Marina is 60 years old? 1957? No way.
drew
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Think it was 77 without looking it (definitely not 57!)
The Large One
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Must be a typo. It's about 40 years old.
Superphil
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Building started in 1971, Opened for use in 1978, opened officially by her Maj the following year.
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Opened in 1979 by the Queen of England. #realbrightonians
It was one of those instant successes. Proposed in the sixties, work started in 71 and opened in 78.
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It opened in 79. Her maj went straight up to the gee gees after. I went flag waving with my primary school.
If you go down there you can see they have drained the harbour to provide the foundations .. sorry no pics
lovely piece of editing to remove the gas works and replace with open space !
Randsta
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What cladding are they going to use?
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TheBigUnit
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If anybody's got any pictures it would be great to see them as I don't venture down that way a great deal. Very surprised to hear that it seems the 40 storey tower is seemingly going "full steam ahead", thought the residents of Lewes Crescent or the Regency Society would have killed it off long ago!!!
The Large One
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They made one hell of a noise. But then, they always do.
When the Regency Society was first formed, it was a force for good, retaining much of the loved Regency and Victorian architecture of Brighton. After a while though, they started getting a bit reactionary, and complaining about everything. North Laine, for instance, would never be the thriving, bustling place it is if the Regency Society had had their way.
Psychobilly freakout
HellBilly
Not even remotely funny.
I remember queuing up at Barts Sq with my parents to get a residents Marina Pass!
Uter
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Also thought Asda was being demolished and site redeveloped. Am I right or wrong
What's going on now is called the outer harbour development. The plans that involved Asda were I think part of the inner harbour development which was rejected by the council a number of years ago.
http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/content/planning/major-developments/brighton-marina-development
And it's looked unfinished ever since.
Randsta
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It wasn't meant to be funny...a serious question!