Top floor of various buildings

Reginal Perrin · Post by **Reginal Perrin** » Tue 09 Jun, 2009 1:01 pm

Hence a large number reputedly being rented by "ladies" of the night and drug dealers.

Post by **cnosni** » Tue 09 Jun, 2009 1:12 pm

Reginal Perrin wrote: Hence a large number reputedly being rented by "ladies" of the night and drug dealers. They must be up market ladies or rich pimps.What a shame,seems these uperr floors will end up becoming like the upper storeys of Hills furnishings on Kirkgate,old neglected and dangerous.

Reginal Perrin · Post by **Reginal Perrin** » Tue 09 Jun, 2009 1:40 pm

cnosni wrote: Reginal Perrin wrote: Hence a large number reputedly being rented by "ladies" of the night and drug dealers. They must be up market ladies or rich pimps.What a shame,seems these upper floors will end up becoming like the upper storeys of Hills furnishings on Kirkgate,old neglected and dangerous. I'm pretty sure that a few hundred quid a month for a flat in one of the half empty blocks is not beyond your above average brass or drug dealer.I suppose the natural result would be these floors become derelict, and it seems so pointless,

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Tue 09 Jun, 2009 9:22 pm

Reginal Perrin wrote: I always thought that the Griffin was now in use by that "Comfort" Hotel who's entrance is in between Scarborough Taps and Spencers but I don't think it's even the same building. Must be empty I guess.If it's the case that some pubs upper floors are in use what are they used for? Accomodation? Storage? It's now a "Discovery Inn" which is part of the Comfort chain (which you are quite right in saying it was previously branded as). Perhaps they just don't clean the windows?http://www.comfortinnleeds.co.uk/If I remember correctly, the entrance was moved from Boar Lane to Bishopgate Street when Bar Censsa opened.

sirjohn · Post by **sirjohn** » Tue 09 Jun, 2009 11:17 pm

LS1 wrote: cnosni wrote: LS1 wrote: BIG N wrote: cnosni wrote: What happened to the old hotel rooms above what is now Bar Censa on Boar Lane (cant remember the name of the hotel) The Griffin hotel - its name replaced the numbers on the clock that used to hang on the corner of the building (go on - count them) I'm sure the sign for the Griffin is still there at the back if you look at the back of the building from New Station Street. It's painted on. There are loads of these unoccupied top floors on Briggate. H Samuels for example, it's like a castle-turret type affair. Always reminds me of the Rapunzel story as it looks like something from a fairy tale! (i'm sure it;s the H Samuel building, if not it's the on opposite) This one Lee? Na, I got it wrong. The other side where Carphone Warehouse is. Why would anyone build what seems to be such a pointless tower! The carphone warehouse tower used to have a spire on the top of it.http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... _20608157I also remember a disney-esque tower on H Samuel but I can't find any evidence of this. It does have tudor dormer windows though.http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... 0_67335147

Misc · Post by **Misc** » Wed 10 Jun, 2009 1:38 pm

I wonder why they took the spire off? I would LOVE to know what the story is with that wee tower, I was looking at it again only the other day.There are loads of upper floor windows that fascinate me, there's one on the old Gilbert Scott building at LGI that I cannot for the life of me work out how you get to!

dogduke · Post by **dogduke** » Wed 10 Jun, 2009 1:59 pm

LS1 wrote: cnosni wrote: LS1 wrote: BIG N wrote: cnosni wrote: What happened to the old hotel rooms above what is now Bar Censa on Boar Lane (cant remember the name of the hotel) The Griffin hotel - its name replaced the numbers on the clock that used to hang on the corner of the building (go on - count them) I'm sure the sign for the Griffin is still there at the back if you look at the back of the building from New Station Street. It's painted on. There are loads of these unoccupied top floors on Briggate. H Samuels for example, it's like a castle-turret type affair. Always reminds me of the Rapunzel story as it looks like something from a fairy tale! (i'm sure it;s the H Samuel building, if not it's the on opposite) This one Lee? Na, I got it wrong. The other side where Carphone Warehouse is. Why would anyone build what seems to be such a pointless tower! 1938 view of Briggate on leodis2002319_20608157by co-incidence in todays top 50

Reginal Perrin · Post by **Reginal Perrin** » Thu 11 Jun, 2009 1:30 pm

Could these be small jobs for Phil_D or is he strictly underground or derelict obsessed. (obsessed in a nice way, like we all are on here).

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Thu 11 Jun, 2009 2:19 pm

Reginal Perrin wrote: Could these be small jobs for Phil_D or is he strictly underground or derelict obsessed. (obsessed in a nice way, like we all are on here). ha ha.No i go anywhere Reg, rooftops or underground. Anywhere that's different. It would be good if any Secret leeds guys n gals have any influence to some of these places. I'd be there like a shot

Reginal Perrin · Post by **Reginal Perrin** » Thu 11 Jun, 2009 5:08 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: Reginal Perrin wrote: Could these be small jobs for Phil_D or is he strictly underground or derelict obsessed. (obsessed in a nice way, like we all are on here). ha ha.No i go anywhere Reg, rooftops or underground. Anywhere that's different. It would be good if any Secret leeds guys n gals have any influence to some of these places. I'd be there like a shot Glad to hear it mate. It reminds me of the Tom Joad speach in Grapes of Wrath. "Wherever there's a disused bunker, I'll be there. Wherever there's an underground stream, I'll be there."