Let's have a Frank Gehry masterpiece - remember the proposals for the King Alfred under the last Labour Council?
I think you’re mocking that design in that location?
Let's have a Frank Gehry masterpiece - remember the proposals for the King Alfred under the last Labour Council?
Fair point. But if you head out along the seafront towards and out of Hove you’ll see some awful architecture.
I can’t think of many buildings along the seafront that have gone up in the last 20 odd yearsFair point. But if you head out along the seafront towards and out of Hove you’ll see some awful architecture.
They start where the Alibi pub used to be….a really cheaply built block of apartment’s on the seafront. From there you’ll see a number of other cheap looking apartment blocks along the coast road.I can’t think of many buildings along the seafront that have gone up in the last 20 odd years
Of course yes, I was forgetting the area from around King Alfred towards Portslade. They have been built near some apartment blocks that have been there a while, maybe 60s, 70s and 80s.They start where the Alibi pub used to be….a really cheaply built block of apartment’s on the seafront. From there you’ll see a number of other cheap looking apartment blocks along the coast road.
Mmmm subsequent Tory council, Brighton & Hove council has never been controlled by the ToriesMy thoughts exactly. Yes I do remember the proposals as I was quite active in the campaign to get the planning permission. I also remember the subsequent Tory council pulling the plug on the scheme.
It was the council which was led/run by the conservative Mary Mears. Her party always opposed the scheme and pulled the plug when she was in charge….and wasted around 5 million of tax payers money in the process I recall.Mmmm subsequent Tory council, Brighton & Hove council has never been controlled by the Tories
IndeedIt was the council which was led/run by the conservative Mary Mears. Her party always opposed the scheme and pulled the plug when she was in charge….and wasted around 5 million of tax payers money in the process I recall.
They start where the Alibi pub used to be….a really cheaply built block of apartment’s on the seafront. From there you’ll see a number of other cheap looking apartment blocks along theoad.
And more than 20 years ago but let’s not forget the council promised the earth when they rebuilt the area where the original Concorde was….and we again ended up with cheap architecture which was centred around a Burger King.
At least these got built, I’m still waiting for the new King Alfred, the new Brighton Centre, the West Pier refurb, the Clock Tower John Lewis, the Black Rock arena and a new ice rink the location of which you can take your pick.
I'm expecting there to be some bad luck stories to come and stories of hard nosed practicality of business. They won't be helping customers more than they're obliged to, they won't support staff more than they're legally obligated to and they won't be doing anything they're not forced to do.I hope all guests who had holidays booked over the summer can have their bookings honored at another Brighton hotel at the same rate, additionally all staff who worked /lived in there are able to quickly claim for lost possessions and get accommodation/employment locally.
Pride is in a couple of weeks, I bet that hotel was booked solid with those attending that event!I hope all guests who had holidays booked over the summer can have their bookings honored at another Brighton hotel at the same rate, additionally all staff who worked /lived in there are able to quickly claim for lost possessions and get accommodation/employment locally.
A bit disappointing that in a post supposedly opposed to bigotry, there are 10 people like a post which is as bigoted as the one it replies to.I hear there are other football forums you can frequent. May I suggest Leeds, Burnley, Millwall or Chelsea forums.
Disclaimer: Other narrow minded, knuckle-dragging forums are available.
So would I.If they can save the facade then good. Otherwise I’d like to see some exciting iconic new architecture in its place.
There will also, sadly, be a lot of oppostion to anything which might be deemed exciting and modern.So would I.
It’ll never happen.
What ever makes all the ‘right’ people the most amount of money will ne the winningest solution
Pride is in a couple of weeks, I bet that hotel was booked solid with those attending that event!
I heard it was owned by Britannia on Saturday evening. A horrible company with a horrendous reputation of running hotels on the cheap and into the ground plus being awful employers. They hit the headlines early doors Covid by sacking all employees on the spot at one of their Scottish properties and informing those who lived on site they had to leave that day.I think the Royal Albion was already a ‘budget’ hotel as it was owned by Britannia Hotels, one of the worst chains in the country. They seem to pick up old hotels and then spend as little as possible in maintaining them. I hope that is not the cause of this blaze. I see one of the local MPs described them as a slum landlord this morning.
It should be a prime site for a hotel. If they can save the facade maybe someone can rebuild it as a hotel which the city can be proud of.