I spent a bit of time in Bradford yesterday playing Ingress but of course had my camera with me. I went down to City Park when it was getting a bit quieter and took this slightly different view of the pool.
It is nice to see that the Westfield site is now being worked on. It is supposed to be finished by December 2015 I believe.
It will be an interesting contrast when it is finished. Bradford has some lovely buildings that survived the “regeneration” of the 50’s and 60’s. I am not sure I like this one but it has “character”.
Very close to the centre of the city there are some ruins though. This is behind the Odeon which itself is close to becoming a ruin.
The neglect in some of the buildings shows in the size of some of the trees growing out of them.
Though there are decent runs of long buildings, with styles varying there are still single buildings left that have had their neighbours demolished.
The Westfield development has the potential, if people use it, to help nearby businesses boom. I don’t know what the plans are for The Ring O Bells but it could be a gold mine.
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