Comments on: Tall Buildings in Swansea? http://www.forumwales.com/fwblog/2007/04/19/tall-buildings-in-swansea/ The blog from ForumWales covering all aspects of Wales and the Welsh - and beyond. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:24:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Mark Leslie Woods http://www.forumwales.com/fwblog/2007/04/19/tall-buildings-in-swansea/#comment-2551 Mark Leslie Woods Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:07:35 +0000 http://www.forumwales.com/fwblog/2007/04/19/tall-buildings-in-swansea/#comment-2551 Thanks, Arwen. I was in Swansea on Saturday for the Welsh Media Conference (Cyfrwng) and the physical beauty of Swansea is captivating! As a long time resident of Miami Beach, I attended rallies in the 1980s to protect our Art Deco Architecture, and we ended up with the largest preservatin district in the world. This also attracted big money, and the glass and steel 'wall of buildings' threatened to create a concrete 'bathtub' around our 'quaint' historic district. What the developers missed was, our 'quaint' historic district (along with a natural coastline of parks and beachs and proteced dunes) was the driving force to make MB the world class attraction to tourists and businesses. I must admit mixed feelings about it all, because the high rise explosion also dragged our lovingly renovated 1940s jewel boxes into the real estate stratosphere. In the case of Swansea, there are some blighted areas which need economic development, so why not put the high rises there? The coast is too precious to throw away. Thanks, Arwen. I was in Swansea on Saturday for the Welsh Media Conference (Cyfrwng) and the physical beauty of Swansea is captivating!

As a long time resident of Miami Beach, I attended rallies in the 1980s to protect our Art Deco Architecture, and we ended up with the largest preservatin district in the world.

This also attracted big money, and the glass and steel ‘wall of buildings’ threatened to create a concrete ‘bathtub’ around our ‘quaint’ historic district.

What the developers missed was, our ‘quaint’ historic district (along with a natural coastline of parks and beachs and proteced dunes) was the driving force to make MB the world class attraction to tourists and businesses.

I must admit mixed feelings about it all, because the high rise explosion also dragged our lovingly renovated 1940s jewel boxes into the real estate stratosphere.

In the case of Swansea, there are some blighted areas which need economic development, so why not put the high rises there? The coast is too precious to throw away.

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