New running track for Withdean

End of a squat

An eviction in process this morning at 45 Grand Parade (the boarded-up property). It involved a trio of bailiffs and 4 police cars (3 out of sight).

No. 45 is not a listed building but 46 & 47 to the right are Grade II listed. No. 47 dates from 1840 and is attributed to Sir Charles Barry. The ground floor was remodelled, quite sensitively from the then existing shop-front, in 1990. It was the first home of the Brighton Grammar School.

The Brighton station clock . . .

. . . . . has gone, and is greatly missed. Not simply because it is a wonderful object in its own right, which it is; but because we all knew exactly where to look for it and absorb the time with the minimum of delay and visual difficulty. The alternative digital display on the electronic departure board is difficult to locate amongst all the other information provided; and, of course, a digital read-out provides no analogue indication of the time to train departure.

This Victorian clock dates from the days of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway. One hopes it has just gone for maintenance and its return will not be long delayed.

New signage for the Dome complex

The Dome entrance

Brighton Dome & Festival Ltd have submitted planning applications BH2012/01634 & 01635 for new signs on the  Church Street & New Road frontages. The object is to more clearly identify the different entrances to the four venues, The Dome, The Corn Exchange, the Pavilion Theatre (to be renamed the "Brighton Dome Studio") and the Booking Office.












At the Corn Exchange it is also proposed to remove the existing entrance canopy which was a later addition. The picture to the right is a visualisation of the new signs in position with the canopy removed









The Booking Office in New Road is to be painted black which will make it look rather like a funeral parlour. Perhaps not the best choice for the important focal point of an entertainment complex in a pleasure-orientated seaside city.









All the new signs feature a gratuitous oversized capital 'D'. As an eye-catching feature this would be acceptable if incorporated in the word 'Dome', but floating about as an entirely separate entity, it seems somewhat pretentious.

The planning applications also give details of new signs in similar style for the interior of the Dome, Corn Exchange and Dome Studio.

The London Road Coop - façade to be saved

A new scheme for old department store in London Road proposes a new structure behind the existing facade. A joint application between the Coop and Watkin Jones, which specialises exclusively in developing and managing student flats is expected to be submitted in August and the site ready for occupation in the 2013/14 academic year.

Read more at:- http://www.brighton-society.org.uk/?p=2291

Earlier related posts:-

Plans submitted for the London Road Coop

Council turns down Coop proposals

London Road Coop and the 'Local List'