For the amount of money they're proposing to spend [maybe a little more] they could demolish the whole thing and the multi-storey car park,and rebuild the old St John's Market building with an underground car park,and still have space left over on Lime St for a park!
Originally Posted by
lindylou
yes, I suppose when you stop to think about it, there are perhaps too many shops crammed in.
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When I said that Clayton sq isn't much to write home about, I should have clarified that I meant the outside of Clayton sq (Parker st) rather than the interior shops. Those steep steps leading down into Parker st, and that terrible tv screen.
It's not particularly attractive. It amazes me why the steps are so steep because I don't recall Parker street being on such a steep incline. there was a bit of a slope running up to Lime street as I remember it.
About the slope-you're right Lindy,it wasn't that steep. Someone tipped me off about some negotiations when Clayton Square was "in the works"...they wanted Boots in there as an anchor tenant as Boots wanted to have a better store than the one then on Church St [now the Lloyds TSB bank],but...Boots did NOT want to have a basement,they wanted a ground level entrance,hence the street gradient and plans were amended to suit,in order to ensure Boots would be in there,which is why Parker Street is now "split level"!
Another thing that Clayton Square did was block off the right of way that existed previously there which annoys me a little. If you want to go between the gyratory and Central Station in the evenings,it's a detour via Lime St or Church St. Grr.
Dave.
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