I agree with you Gwylan. I'd add the biggest difference between the building in the 1930s and now is that we are now entirely reliant on multinational developers to gey almost anything built. During previous recessions, far sighted governments and councils (and i suppose enterprising...
I find this stuff confusing.
We need a new swimming pool in Brighton.
To do that we need, whatever, 55 storys of flats above them ... okay
Now the current King Alfred or the Prince Regent, or any other swimming pool i've been to, don't have a tonne of flats above them, so how did they ever get...
Just looked at what you have written in your "location". Are you upset about the development falling through, or are you looking to use this to make a political point? If so what would you have done differently?