I think the building is doing what it is meant to by becoming a talking point. I don't think the idea behind it was to blend in, I think it was to be bold. Whichever way you look at it , it won't please everybody. Remember the old bus station. That was a blot on the landscape that nobody complained about . In fact I remember the day it closed, everybody had a story to tell. It was accepted. When that was pulled down we where left with a glorified portakabin with a tent on the roof. Again, don't recall complaints about that. Would the Pier Head have become a world heritage site if those buildings were still there ???
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I would like to ask the people that don't like the ferry terminal what they would've wanted to see built there. I don't think anybody could've come up with a building that would please everybody. The area around the Pier head now looks fantastic, and is what this city deserves AND can be proud of.
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