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Category Archives: Preston
Folded Concrete
There are few reasons to visit Leyland in Lancashire these days: the qualities of the original village were long ago submerged in Central Lancastrian suburban sprawl. One fine product of the population expansion was the Roman Catholic Church of St … Continue reading
Posted in Churches, CiA, Dominic Roberts, Preston
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Blackburn, Lancashire
Blackburn Cathedral has just received planning permission for a project which involves the construction of Clergy apartments, a new Deanery, offices and private apartments. The proposed new buildings enclose three new outdoor spaces to the south of the Cathedral. The … Continue reading
Posted in CiA, Preston, Sally Stone
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Heaven Up Here
Up close Historic buildings in the care of the Catholic Church in England and Wales have an uncertain future – particularly in inner urban areas where congregations and income have dramatically declined. English Heritage (link: Paradise Lost) admit the relative … Continue reading
Posted in Buildings at Risk, Churches, CiA, Dominic Roberts, Preston
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“Love it or hate it it’s worth a closer look before it goes”
…says Ian Stirland also known as “eat at joe’s”. His Flickr photoset of Preston Bus Station is definitely worth a look as the slow countdown to demolition continues. His latest pictures show modernism undermined by irrationality: Outside Inside As Ian … Continue reading
Posted in CiA, Dominic Roberts, Preston
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Set in Stone
Sally Stone of Continuity in Architecture has followed up her recent letter about the redevelopment of Preston with an opinion piece for the Lancashire Evening Post. Her original letter deploring the City Council’s proposals has obviously struck a chord locally … Continue reading
Posted in CiA, Press, Preston
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Analogue and Digital
Another minute in the death of Preston Bus Station, soon to be demolished. The use of analogue and digital time displays was a compromise of the late ‘sixties and early ‘seventies as people got used to decimalization and the 24 … Continue reading
Posted in CiA, Dominic Roberts, Preston, Preston Bus Station, Travel
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Letter to the Editor
The vision published in the Lancashire Evening Post June 5 2006 Location The text of a letter published in the Lancashire Evening Post on Friday 23 June: “It is difficult to understand the point of the drawings of the proposed … Continue reading
Posted in CiA, Press, Preston, Sally Stone
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Appearing Rooms
Appearing Rooms by Jeppe Hein has been installed on Preston Flag Market as part of Art 06. It consists of walls of water defining four square rooms. The water walls switch on and off intermittently to allow users to move … Continue reading
Posted in CiA, Preston, Sally Stone
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