Preston Bus Station to Be Torn Down- Destruction of Britain's Modernist Architecture

[unimaginative2]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/may/29/modernist-architecture-demolished-listed-buildings

It's a fascinating article and an amazing building. I can't imagine what possessed them to build an 80 stall bus terminal there in the first place and it seems preposterously oversized for such a small city, but it should obviously be preserved and perhaps re-purposed instead of being demolished for a shopping mall.

 

[JasonParis]

Great article. Things are no better here I'm afraid.

 

[adma]

Though oddly enough, I think Toronto has more check-and-balancing re the "tear down this 60s/70s shite" letter/comment crowd...