tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1344067412535145192.post1913394598092393033..comments2023-11-03T12:11:48.633+00:00Comments on Tooting Squared: Building BlocksTooting Squaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15733893764386843969noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1344067412535145192.post-52833988962953291932010-03-04T14:44:13.736+00:002010-03-04T14:44:13.736+00:00Only one building truly stood above them all - htt...Only one building truly stood above them all - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricorn_Centre<br /><br />Yes it was pig ugly (shame on you for adoring the beautiful when so much ugliness remains abandoned and unloved), impractical and a major health risk towards the end. But I spent a happy childhood of Saturdays shopping in it, playing amongst buckets on shop floors that were there to collect the majority of water dripping though from the rain of the previous days/weeks.<br /><br />Last time I looked, the space it used to dominate had been a "temporary" car park (for several years). Portsmouth is no longer a faintly naff city with the least attractive building in the world. It is just a faintly naff city with a big point at the edge - one which tries to carry on a proud record of architectural disaster with some faulty lifts that occasional lift tourists to the sights of a slightly naff city and some water. I am rarely tempted to visit that.<br /><br />I have a chunk of the Tricorn at home - a memento of happier times.<br /><br />Still, it was totally hideous.Nowtashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16977379968369242543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1344067412535145192.post-8209604966713757152010-03-04T11:01:14.862+00:002010-03-04T11:01:14.862+00:00I'm a bit disappointed you left the Opera Hous...I'm a bit disappointed you left the Opera House off the list... one of the world's greatest buildings, imho. But I do love the Power Station - what's not to love!Isabella Golightlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06842996216646422271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1344067412535145192.post-9160495728330921052010-03-04T10:33:33.924+00:002010-03-04T10:33:33.924+00:00Wonderful. I love pretty buildings too - why do th...Wonderful. I love pretty buildings too - why do they make so many ugly ones?Amaranthinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995829313881806675noreply@blogger.com