Archive for January 10th, 2006
WordPress 2
Posted by: Gav in Uncategorized on January 10th, 2006
I’ve upgraded to WordPress 2. This was a satisfyingly painless process (so far) but please let me know if you find any problems at all with any part of the site.
There may be some broken plug-ins but I’m working on those now!
Brighton & Hove Architecture – A Brave New World…
Posted by: Gav in Gavin Ayling's blog on January 10th, 2006
What is wrong with these people? Brighton & Hove has the opportunity, through great planning applications and proposals, to create an architectural heritage as strong as that bequithed to us by the Regency period architecture and as interesting.
In today’s news:
Conservationists are objecting to architect Frank Gehry’s plans for a £290 million seafront development.
Members of the South Downs Joint Committee, which looks after the countryside, said the tower blocks proposed for the King Alfred Centre in Kingsway, Hove, would spoil views for people exploring the South Downs when they looked out towards the sea.
Source: The Evening Argus
Let me make this quite clear: The South Downs are miles from the King Alfred and the view will quite simply not be damaged in any way at all. These people are worse than NIMBYs they are, to coin a phrase coined by a great chap at work NEIMBYs – “Not Even In My Back Yard”!
