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.
Well thank goodness it has one redeeming feature Jenny :) Shopping malls can be notoriously mundane!
ReplyDeleteNice, however it could be everywhere:)
ReplyDeleteLetting in a lot of light certainly helps.
ReplyDeleteI hope it doesn't effect the shops on the street.
ReplyDeleteThat 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.
ReplyDeleteI have seen far worse shopping centers.
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