YEP Building

BarFly · Post by **BarFly** » Wed 11 Jun, 2014 7:11 pm

Thanks for the photo's, chameleon, I travel on Whitehall Road every day but it's not easy to see the progress from there. Times like this I miss my desk at WestOne as I'd have been able to watch some of the demolition in progress. I, too, noticed the plant where the "second tallest mixed residential and commercial building in Europe if you don't count six others" was going to be built. I'll try to find the thread about it as I'd be interested to know what is going to be built there but don't want to take this thread off topic.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Wed 11 Jun, 2014 7:17 pm

As BarFly said, thanks chameleon. Is that a phone box (booth) that is particularly obvious to the bottom in the first photo? If so it does look isolated and an unusual colour being white (which is why I wonder if it is a phone box). If it is I won't though answer if the phone rings while I pass by, as it may be like that film 'Phone Booth' where a sniper then effectively held the person hostage!

Post by **chameleon** » Wed 11 Jun, 2014 11:17 pm

Leodian wrote: As BarFly said, thanks chameleon. Is that a phone box (booth) that is particularly obvious to the bottom in the first photo? If so it does look isolated and an unusual colour being white (which is why I wonder if it is a phone box). If it is I won't though answer if the phone rings while I pass by, as it may be like that film 'Phone Booth' where a sniper then effectively held the person hostage! Never really noticed it before! It might be one of those billboard cube thingies, I'll look tomorrow.

Post by **chameleon** » Wed 11 Jun, 2014 11:22 pm

BarFly wrote: Thanks for the photo's, chameleon, I travel on Whitehall Road every day but it's not easy to see the progress from there. Times like this I miss my desk at WestOne as I'd have been able to watch some of the demolition in progress. I, too, noticed the plant where the "second tallest mixed residential and commercial building in Europe if you don't count six others" was going to be built. I'll try to find the thread about it as I'd be interested to know what is going to be built there but don't want to take this thread off topic. West One - we were very close together then, but I had a vantage point to the pool coming down which you didn't. Are you talking about the once proposed building for the pool site, was to be called the Spirical or something similar wasn't it? The land sale fell through.

Optimod · Post by **Optimod** » Thu 12 Jun, 2014 12:51 am

chameleon wrote: couple of shots from a little higher still (about 40m). I feel really sad seeing this building torn down like this. It has been there all my life.

Post by **chameleon** » Thu 12 Jun, 2014 12:14 pm

chameleon wrote: Leodian wrote: As BarFly said, thanks chameleon. Is that a phone box (booth) that is particularly obvious to the bottom in the first photo? If so it does look isolated and an unusual colour being white (which is why I wonder if it is a phone box). If it is I won't though answer if the phone rings while I pass by, as it may be like that film 'Phone Booth' where a sniper then effectively held the person hostage! Never really noticed it before! It might be one of those billboard cube thingies, I'll look tomorrow. Deceptive - actually Leo, it is a simple flat sign supported upon two white poles!!

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Thu 12 Jun, 2014 12:49 pm

chameleon wrote: chameleon wrote: Leodian wrote: As BarFly said, thanks chameleon. Is that a phone box (booth) that is particularly obvious to the bottom in the first photo? If so it does look isolated and an unusual colour being white (which is why I wonder if it is a phone box). If it is I won't though answer if the phone rings while I pass by, as it may be like that film 'Phone Booth' where a sniper then effectively held the person hostage! Never really noticed it before! It might be one of those billboard cube thingies, I'll look tomorrow. Deceptive - actually Leo, it is a simple flat sign supported upon two white poles!! Cheers chameleon. An intriguing case solved, but not quite a Sherlock Holmes' two pipe job needed!

Post by **chameleon** » Thu 12 Jun, 2014 2:59 pm

'An intriguing case solved, but not quite a Sherlock Holmes' two pipe job needed! 'Na, just better eye sight and me paying attention

BarFly · Post by **BarFly** » Thu 12 Jun, 2014 11:27 pm

chameleon wrote: West One - we were very close together then, but I had a vantage point to the pool coming down which you didn't. Are you talking about the once proposed building for the pool site, was to be called the Spirical or something similar wasn't it? The land sale fell through. Indeed, I mainly saw the junction on Whitehall road where there seemed to be a crash every other week. I was trying to be clever and referring to the site between Wellington Street and Whitehall Road which was earmarked for a building which was to rival the Burj Khalifa if the publicity were to be believed. It seems that piles are being driven on the site now so something other than car park may be started at some point in the vaguely foreseeable future, perhaps...

uncle mick · Post by **uncle mick** » Wed 25 Jun, 2014 3:22 pm

Nearly Gone - Photo courtesy of Leeds Civic Trust & for our FB readers there are 6 more photos herehttp://tinyurl.com/o3wkuar