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Standard Life Investments has released the latest illustration of its exciting new mixed-use scheme in the heart of Newbury. The image shows what the Northbrook Street entrance, looking towards the new full range Debenhams department store, will look like when the new shopping centre opens in spring 2011.
The street scene shows how the listed building frontages of Northbrook Street are being retained and refurbished to provide an impressive entrance feature to Parkway – contemporary in design and yet in keeping with Newbury’s historic market town environment. |
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| Greenham Common |
| September 21, 2009, 11:28pm |
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All that remains is to see what it really will look like!  |
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| Victoriajg7 |
| September 22, 2009, 9:25am |
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It looks very nice, just the right balance  |
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| misc |
| September 22, 2009, 9:38am |
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Where is this supposed to be, comapred to M&S for example? |
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| 78 |
| September 22, 2009, 9:40am |
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Where is this supposed to be, comapred to M&S for example?
err, opposite Waterstones - you know, where they have knocked a ruddy great hole in the high street. |
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| misc |
| September 22, 2009, 9:41am |
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err, opposite Waterstones - you know, where they have knocked a ruddy great hole in the high street.
Right, I haven't been down that way for a while. |
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| blackdog |
| September 22, 2009, 11:05am |
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There are no buildings looming over the entrance - the new Debenhams for example. It will be very interesting to see this compared with the final result. The design looks okay - but why did they have to put this entrance in a place that involved knocking down listed buildings when there were unispired recent buildings to either side? |
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| jamoza |
| September 22, 2009, 4:09pm |
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but why did they have to put this entrance in a place that involved knocking down listed buildings when there were unispired recent buildings to either side?
Was the argos building a listed building then?  |
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| blackdog |
| September 22, 2009, 6:41pm |
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Was the argos building a listed building then?
Yes. All the Northbrook Street buildings demolished or part demolished were listed. |
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| brian |
| September 22, 2009, 6:59pm |
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So will they reinstate the Northbrook street frontage as a priority or will it be put on hold while they try and muster the finance to get back on track with the main development. |
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| Meddler |
| September 23, 2009, 3:02pm |
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All that remains is to see what it really will look like!
Just like that, but empty! |
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| blackdog |
| September 23, 2009, 4:48pm |
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Just like that, but empty!
I bet the sky won't be that empty. |
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| Hugo |
| September 24, 2009, 3:52pm |
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It will be interesting to compare pictures when the time comes
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| 78 |
| September 24, 2009, 6:54pm |
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Interesting that they have shown a 'To Let' sign..................... |
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| Greenham Common |
| September 24, 2009, 10:02pm |
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Er...Hugo has doctored the photo!  |
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| user23.3 |
| September 25, 2009, 7:23am |
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Interesting that they have shown a 'To Let' sign.....................
Bet you never did too well in Spot the Difference competitions? |
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| Hugo |
| September 25, 2009, 8:09am |
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Er...Hugo has doctored the photo!
You probably didn't notice the disabled scooters either. |
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| Threepwood |
| September 25, 2009, 8:52am |
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Or that the picture had the word 'modified' in it's title... |
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| GMR |
| September 25, 2009, 11:04am |
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They always look nice in an artist impression photograph. Reality is something different. |
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| Greenham Common |
| September 25, 2009, 11:51am |
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You probably didn't notice the disabled scooters either.
Er...yes I did!  |
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I think this is more likely??
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| user23.3 |
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No, I'd have to say that it's probably less likely that a giant Woolly Mammoth made of egg boxes will rip through he space-time continuum and squash a couple of people on Mobility Scooters, as shown in this picture. |
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No, I'd have to say that it's probably less likely that a giant Woolly Mammoth made of egg boxes will rip through he space-time continuum and squash a couple of people on Mobility Scooters, as shown in this picture.
Oh, come on, that happens all the time. |
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| Victoriajg7 |
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... Mammoth made of egg boxes ...
Plastic milk containers |
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No, I'd have to say that it's probably less likely that a giant Woolly Mammoth made of egg boxes will rip through he space-time continuum and squash a couple of people on Mobility Scooters, as shown in this picture.
It's an Elephant and it first made an appearance at Glastonbury 2 years ago. Threep. |
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Oh, come on, that happens all the time.
It's an Elephant and it first made an appearance at Glastonbury 2 years ago.
Yes, it's fairly obvious it was supposed to signify a white elephant. |
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It's an Elephant and it first made an appearance at Glastonbury 2 years ago.
Threep.
Hope that doesn't that mean music and mud in Northbrook Street. |
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