Three Completely Unrelated Things

[poliphilo]

The brutalist 1960s bus station in Preston has been saved from demolition. The relevant Minister just slapped a Grade II preservation order on it. I'm not sure I like it myself, but it's a remarkable building- and I think we should hang on to it for the sake of our children's children who may well have a taste for that sort of thing- just as we have a taste for the 19th century buildings our grand-parents hated.

I was pleased to see that- according to the RSPB- the decline in the number of house sparrows has been halted.

There are masses of daddy-long-legs around. Last time I checked there were two living in our bedroom. Their long trailing legs are designed to get snagged in spiders' webs- which is exactly what happens.

Comments

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

I've only been to the Preston Bus Station once, but it WAS impressive and I rather think it's worthy of preservation as an example of that brutalist style. And it does work, it fulfils it's function, so why get rid of it? Heck, it's modern to preserve resources, right? So preserving a building that works is quite en vogue, I'd have thunk!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It works, some people think it's handsome and it has an international reputation: they'd be crazy to pull it down.