Most Hated
Building
Local
attraction? Maybe, maybe not but it will soon be no more. Recently
voted the third most hated building in Britain is Northamptons
Greyfriars bus station. It is linked to Northamptons Grosvenor
Centre and has been a carbunkle on its side since it was built in
1974. Described by the vast majority of locals as a monstrosity, it
is now being featured on Channel Four's Demolition series. Visitors
to the town enter the bus station via what is described as the
black hole of hell: the darkest and bleakest hole imaginable and
not at all welcoming for visitors to the market town.
It has been earmarked for demolition
for the last ten years but the borough council has no funds or
immediate plans to redevelop or re-situate the bus station for at
least another five years. When it is finally demolished, the land
will be set aside for the expansion of the Grosvenor Centre. The
bus station will be moved over the road on to the pay and display
car park next door to the Crown Courts. Lets hope that when the
council finally get their collective fingers out, that the new
station will be brighter, airier and more much more welcoming than
this behemoth.
