CONVERT
CONVERT
Old factory was due to be knocked down and turned into rubble, recycle the materials and use the land again. A new start? Yet this building is structurally fine, a few broken windows and missing tiles, the idea of demolition is okay but you lose the heritage and a piece of history. Is that a good thing? How about doing it up and converting it to flats?
Keeping the building intact and preserving history, basic yet interesting dwelling spaces for modern people who want to live someplace different. With loft space flats, basement bedsits and cosy mid building apartments for those who want to a enjoy city life of bars, clubs and the gym.
A man who worked in the factory agrees in saving the building for future generations, industrial heritage now an urban living environment for those who want to buy a new home in an old building.
nick armbrister
Sun 4th Mar 2012 14:40
yes i lived in London for a bit and liked the old buildings. i think because something is old doesnt mean its crap. it can be saved/renovated and made modern and giving use for further years.
in Oldham a huge mill on park road was empty and derelict for years, it was demolished. this could have been turned into flats or a craft centre of whatever. this is the town where the magnificent town hall was slowly rotting and then it was stabilised but still shut. im not sure what will be done to it, it should be used for something. when old buildings are gone, thats it. i do know the front of the building that was the new woolworths(since closed and now £land) was redone up using the original front and a new building inside.
i bet in Venice the buildings are stunning. never been but id love too, also to Florence and Assisi.
this poem here is on an old factory that was derelict and some1 bought it and did it up. a worker from it said good idea. im for saving buildings, not demolishing them unless really necessary. the powers that be seem to do what they want tho.