Comments on: More Ghastly Facades

By: Jo

Jo — Sun, 10 Jan 2021 00:32:48 +0000

They have ruined my beautiful city and its memories.

By: melissa delano

melissa delano — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 18:18:42 +0000

The same is happening in our neck of the woods in northern New Mexico…no understanding/appreciation of our unique historic legacy… frankly, it smacks of cultural genocide…unfortunately, it appears to be a world wide trend…positively soul sucking

By: Marvin

Marvin — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 13:32:48 +0000

[The Developer parasite] “attacks a host [building], replaces its [inner being, soul, and] tissue, and sprouts ominous [additional floors, so-called-“amenities,” reflective glass windows, and] stems that grow outside of its body. These [amenity] stems eventually release spores into the air, [attracting more investors, governmental planners, and developers, and ultimately] infecting other host [building]s.”

By: paul loften

paul loften — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 13:09:51 +0000

The corner of Half Moon St and Picadilly could be a case of life imitating art. The facade gives us a gap which is an eyesore more than a builder’s bum in an aptly named street One cannot resist a crack when faced with such sights.

By: Marcia Howard

Marcia Howard — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 10:46:09 +0000

I don’t like facadism, but better than totally eradicating the original. During my married life I lived in Maidenhead Berkshire for 34 years which used to be an attractive market town, on the old London to Bath/A4 Road. Maidenhead has/had a rich past history, but sadly, current town planners have had most of it recently demolished to replace with a high rise centre, mainly consisting of blocks of flats. All visible signs of history eradicated – due to expected planned cross-rail which I believe is no longer going to run through Maidenhead Station. A disgraceful state of affairs, but will those Planners be held to account? I very much doubt it!

By: Sue Mayer

Sue Mayer — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 10:28:01 +0000

The criminal and wanton destruction of historical buildings in London makes me very cross. I think a facade is worse than total destruction as it is a constant reminder of what has been lost forever.

I hope somebody sees sense soon.

By: Jill Wilson

Jill Wilson — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 09:14:15 +0000

Not so much a plague – more like a pandemic!!

I wish there was a vaccine on the horizon to stop all this ghastliness….

By: Ros

Ros — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 00:35:29 +0000

O horrible! Most horrible! And as you say, it’s continuing its relentless progress even during the pandemic, when so many other things have ground to a halt. If only….