Site of the old ABC cinema on Vicar Lane.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Wed 25 Jan, 2012 9:19 pm

The ABC cinema on Vicar Lane closed in 2000 and the site was demolished some years back. It has been boarded off and derelict since, apart from the addition of the fake brick like covered structure which I've never seen the point of. The area has been very overgrown for a long while and I had been intending to take photos, which I was hoping to do today. Unless you can get to a high viewing point on the building next to it the site seems however to be impossible to take anything more than a photo of tiny bits through gaps in the boarding. What I could see though was that the plant growth has been cut back very recently (it seemed to be still overgrown from what I've recently seen from the top deck of double decker buses). I wonder if this may be a sign that the site has had some visual improvement before a possible sale and redevelopment, perhaps related to the Eastgate/Harewood project?

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Wed 25 Jan, 2012 9:44 pm

IIRC that structure was for a 'drive in movie' screen. May be wrong.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Wed 25 Jan, 2012 9:55 pm

Cardiarms wrote: IIRC that structure was for a 'drive in movie' screen. May be wrong. That is interesting Cardiarms. Cheers.

Post by **chameleon** » Wed 25 Jan, 2012 10:09 pm

Cardiarms wrote: IIRC that structure was for a 'drive in movie' screen. May be wrong. Vague memory of that Cardie, certainly I recall that its eredtion required planning consent which was renewed a while ago. Didn't they 'clad' the building at the inner end of Wellington/Aire STreet in the same way?

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Wed 25 Jan, 2012 10:20 pm

In the car park behind the structure (or possibly its front!) the structure is currently at least being used as an advertisement board, as seen in this photo that I took today (January 25 2012). I hope I'm not breaking any legal rules in showing the number plates of the parked cars.

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Wed 25 Jan, 2012 10:35 pm

Leodian wrote: I hope I'm not breaking any legal rules in showing the number plates of the parked cars. Surely not Leodian, at least when the subject of the picture is so patently obvious I should jolly well hope not.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Thu 26 Jan, 2012 12:19 am

BLAKEY wrote: Leodian wrote: I hope I'm not breaking any legal rules in showing the number plates of the parked cars. Surely not Leodian, at least when the subject of the picture is so patently obvious I should jolly well hope not. Cheers Blakey.It's always a concern nowadays when taking photos that there may be some privacy rule that could cause problems.

Mork of Ork · Post by **Mork of Ork** » Thu 26 Jan, 2012 10:40 am

Leodian wrote: Cheers Blakey.It's always a concern nowadays when taking photos that there may be some privacy rule that could cause problems. It's not a problem as you can't see anything you wouldn't be able to see by simply walking past the car anyway.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Thu 26 Jan, 2012 7:20 pm

Leodian wrote: I hope I'm not breaking any legal rules in showing the number plates of the parked cars. Blair's Britain, Health & Safety, Citizens Charter, Data Protection "B.S." gone mad.Actually that was my car and I demand compensation!It's a flagrant breach of my Human Rights and my data has gone unprotected.I am now at risk of identity theft.And all due to your negligence. Suspect that jdbythesea has sussed why I'm so defensive>

jdbythesea · Post by **jdbythesea** » Thu 26 Jan, 2012 8:32 pm

J. is yours the one with the out-of-date tax disc?