This evening the workmen have been cutting down the steel framework that held up the old canopies -as rain fell. Today has been another rainy day.
There is one aspect of the Abbey Shopping Centre redevelopment that has met local opposition. After the drenching that fell during the bun throwing notices appeared down along the Abbey Shopping Centre saying …
Wot No Canopy?
A lot more signs have appeared over the last week to make it clear that businesses are still open along the Abbey Shopping Centre.
From Wednesday to Friday last week five units (between Boots and what was The Lemon Plaice) were reduced to rubble by demolition excavators. This is what it now looks like from the County Hall roof.
And this is the view from the fitness centre in Queen Street where people can watch the demolition machines in operation as they train on treadmills.
The scaffolding men were back early this evening putting scaffold over the near side of the Abbey Shopping Centre. So it looks like there will be a tunnel both sides.
Round the back the buildings have always given me the impression of something at the seaside. That will soon change and I guess this view from the top of the Charter Carpark will look quite different with taller buildings with gables in the foreground.
Work continues round the museum. This is how the lift shaft looked two weeks ago.
A lot has happened in two weeks.
The lift will have 3 stopping positions …
Undercroft, pavement, and right down to the basement.