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Bet Orwell would have loved this!! Despite it's post war veneer this is actually a doctored to......er,hell, Parkinson Building from 2006 taken around the Blenheim Walk vicinity!!
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Background Info by Johnnyg1955 (cheers Johnny - James)
The university, or poly as it was then, ran out of money to complete the building, hence the girders sticking out of the building. The irony is that the School of Architecture was based in this building. Also, the Health & Social Care school lived here, running courses for environmental health inspectors in a building that when the weather got very bad, had sewers that backed up leaving the basement flooded in raw sewage.
I think this is about the 1/000th version of this place in the last 2 year.............though I could be wrong!
Leeds Metropolitan University is renowned for it's Architectural Courses - but who inspired this monstrosity??
The Victorian fantasy of prisons resembling Dark Castles to detract folk from being criminal........................didn't work!
Candle House has a strong cylindrical form that enlivens the Leeds skyline, standing out architecturally and structurally through its shape and the twisting composition of its brickwork and window pattern. It is topped by Leeds’ highest communal garden.
© 2013 Tony Worrall
The Granary Wharf development in Leeds is mixed-use, including residential, hotel, commercial and retail. At the Leeds Canal Basin and Leeds and Liverpool Canal
© 2013 Tony Worrall
One has to admire the tenacity and resourcefulness of our Islamic Brethren. Should the worse come to the worse and the rest of the world destroys itself, we can gain peace of mind knowing Islam will survive whilst sheltered in a place like this!
At present is it is disguised as a Community Centre in Burley Leeds!
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Background Info by Johnnyg1955 (cheers Johnny - James)
The university, or poly as it was then, ran out of money to complete the building, hence the girders sticking out of the building. The irony is that the School of Architecture was based in this building. Also, the Health & Social Care school lived here, running courses for environmental health inspectors in a building that when the weather got very bad, had sewers that backed up leaving the basement flooded in raw sewage.
The Grand Arcade is one of the oldest shopping Arcades in Leeds City Centre, and it is well worth a visit as it is the only Arcade within Leeds which is full of Independent Retailers. It's a true haven for anyone who wants to shop somewhere different, and find something not available on the traditional High Street.
© 2018 Tony Worrall
Extract from Wikipedia
Meanwood Towers
Meanwood Towers, Leeds LS6 4PL
In the middle of an estate of inter-war semi-detached houses behind Stonegate Road stands a Victorian Gothic house, Meanwood Towers. Designed by Edward Welby Pugin, and built in 1866 - 1867, this private house was commissioned by Thomas Stewart Kennedy and was originally called Meanwood House. It had tall chimneys which were removed on safety grounds in 1969.
It used to house one of the world’s most famous Edmund Schulze organs, which has since been transferred to St Bartholomew’s church in nearby Armley[2]. The building has been converted into flats, however the major part of the structure still survives.