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Tuesday, 9 February 2016

The Broadway


Because my usual workplace was flooded and is closed, I've had to travel into the nearby city of Bradford rather more often than usual. I haven't had much time to look around but I did manage to have a quick peek at the new shopping centre, The Broadway. Chiefly notable for being a project that has taken years and years to bring to fruition.... the developers mothballed it when the recession hit, leaving a literal hole in the centre of the city (see here). It has finally been finished. I (uncharitably) wonder why they bothered. It is functional rather than exciting, just an L-shaped mall with the usual high street shops, most of which already existed in the city anyway. Better than a hole perhaps, but only just! It does, however, frame a rather nice view of what was once the Post Office, a Victorian building that managed to survive the wholesale destruction of the 60s and 70s, which many feel ripped the heart out of the city.


6 comments:

  1. Well thank goodness it has one redeeming feature Jenny :) Shopping malls can be notoriously mundane!

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  2. Nice, however it could be everywhere:)

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  3. Letting in a lot of light certainly helps.

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  4. I hope it doesn't effect the shops on the street.

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  5. That IS a lovely old building. I wonder how many more malls will be built as internet shopping becomes more and more popular. But perhaps it's not, in the UK.

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  6. I have seen far worse shopping centers.

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