littlebro 234 Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 It is not only a planning disaster, it is also an economic disaster for the city. Nothing has changed since I photographed in 2009 http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=6356&st=0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mudgie49 401 Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 It would be interesting to meet the committee responsible for these debacles,and I wonder where they live. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 Nothing has changed since I photographed in 2009 Two topics merged Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 Whats the point of those steels at the front of the building? Looks unfinished? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 Apparently the seats are meant to signify where previous graves from the old churchyard lie. Where on earth do these people get their ideas... Trinity Square is a disgrace and an abomination. There was real potential here to make something attractive in Trinity Square. I'd echo the thought regarding the ugly multi-story car that was previously on the site, it was actually useful, albeit an eyesore. Compare it with this: http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NTGM009395&prevUrl= 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NJFNick 0 Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 And we tell children off when they don't learn from previous mistakes..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 Just to pee you all off , I had a brief wander through there in November and thought it looked 'not too bad' !! Seen better places and of course I've seen far, far worse. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 Trinity Square developer loathes his own scheme http://www.thisisnot...tail/story.html THE developer of Nottingham's controversial Trinity Square said today: "I am ashamed of it." Robert Monk, of Monk Estates, delivered a scathing attack on the city council for allowing it to be built. He said: "I am ashamed of the scheme. I don't want my name associated with it. It should never have got planning permission." His comments follow those made by city council leader Jon Collins, who said it was the worst piece of urban planning he had seen in Nottingham in 20 years. Mr Monk said: "I spent four years of my life assembling the site and getting planning permission for Trinity Square. It was such a big scheme we had to present it to councillors at a special event. "So many different councillors had so much input and so many different ideas on what it should look like, and they were so forceful in their interpretation of what a building should look like, that the planners made a list of all the comments and said we had to incorporate them all. "So we have ended up with a camel designed by a committee. To keep everybody happy, they put a bit of everything in it. "It is appalling." Mr Monk claimed planning officials designed the open square using feedback from councillors to keep them happy. "Someone wanted a tennis court to play ball games. "They don't live in the real world. These people know nothing about what they are doing." Mr Monk developed the £70m Trinity Square in conjunction with retail developer Helical Bar. Mr Monk, whose company developed the successful Castle Wharf scheme spent four years battling with the city's planners to get the plans approved. "Our architects weren't happy either but, at the end of the day, the councillors tell the planning officers what they want." Barry Horne, the city council's corporate director of environment and regeneration, declined to comment. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 Seems a perfectly acceptable building built for purpose... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NJFNick 0 Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 No self respecting syphilis clinic would set up shop in that place! Fancy having TK Max as a neighbour when you are trying to treat VD! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 Stu's post #32 shows the Square when Holy Trinity church was still there. I wonder what the public reaction was when the church had been reduced to this And I bet there are people here now who remember Trinity Square when it looked like this 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 There's an image or two of the temporary shops which may be shown above, on Picture the Past. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 Now they could have made a nice square there Cliff. Instead of ploughing through the 'Old' Market Square. Did they rename it to New Market Square. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mudgie49 401 Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 I can remember as a little kid, catching a bus to Edwards lane est',to visit relatives,it left from the old Trinity square The conversation on the bus was all about the church being demolished. An old guy said to my mum "the council were doing what the Germans couldn't". 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 "the council were doing what the Germans couldn't"; there's your answer mudgie to the mindlessness of Nottingham Councils. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 Looking at Cliff Tons picture of a half demolished Holy Trinity church, he asked what the citizens thought of it. The word RAGE seems to sum it up! Most likely half of a garage ad, but very apt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 Katyjay, you're right about the garage. And just to prove it......http://www.pictureth...014489&prevUrl= Which also gives us a date for when the church disappeared 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 bet monk still took his cut of the redevelopement money even if his thought his desighns were rubish. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,869 Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 Think that might have been Sam Wards garage before they moved to London Road roundabout. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 Here's another variation on the same subject Think that might have been Sam Wards garage before they moved to London Road roundabout. According to the book I took this one from, it was indeed Sam Ward's Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 The bus in the 1960s picture (Firbeck's pic.) would have been the 49 to Bestwood Park Estate. the 64 used to stop behind it, closer to the camera. I agree that the church looked ok and would add that the original Mechanics looked good too. (pics anyone?) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Went through the area a few days ago, and some of the disasters are not quite as disastrous as they were. A few months ago one partly-completed building (on the left) has now turned into this (on the right) And from another angle up the road, I have to admit it looks pretty good Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted September 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Getting like America! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zab 47 Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 I do think we're sometimes a little conservative about modern architecture and how it can improve areas of a city, however, the Trinity Square development is a dreadful design (niether modern nor classical) - in my opinion it's already looking a bit tired; I wonder what life-span they put on these buildings? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Too much like America for my liking - preferred the old Trinity church. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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