
The spirit of Coventry Spain All posts by this member | 1 of 39 Wed 8th Feb 2012 6:56pm Member: Joined Feb 2011 Total posts:81 Hi all, hope you are well? I've just got in from work and heard from someone in the my family that they thought they heard the Midlands evening news talking about demolishing Coventry Point? If it's true I think it's fantastic as the building looks hideous and stands out like a sore thumb!! We can't decide which skyscraper Coventry Point is? Is it the one that stands outside the old Woolworth or is it by where Mr G's? Does anybody know what they plan to do with the area once they have demolished the building?
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 2 of 39 Wed 8th Feb 2012 7:13pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5607 Yes it's good news - it's the block between what used to be Woolworths and British Home Stores
They plan to open up access to the Retail Market
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TonyS Coventry All posts by this member | 3 of 39 Wed 8th Feb 2012 8:52pm Member: Joined Jan 2011 Total posts:1549 I worked up on the 11th floor of Coventry Point for a while in the mid 80's. In fact, I've got a short video somewhere that I took from the office looking across the old West Orchards car park and Precinct - must look it out and convert it for the forum.
The only thing that this building is good for now is testing the aerodynamic properties of peoples shopping - boy is it always windy round there! |
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flapdoodle Coventry All posts by this member | 4 of 39 Wed 8th Feb 2012 8:52pm Member: Joined Nov 2010 Total posts:884 It's a watered down version of the plan Jerde produced a few years back. It looks as if they are now really just keeping the current precinct, demolishing a few bits and remodelling the area around the market.
The improvements to Hertford Street are long, long overdue!
I wonder if they'll manage to get a tenant for the large store. Or another cinema operator in the city centre! We've already got one down the road. Why can't we have a city centre music venue instead?
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 5 of 39 Thu 9th Feb 2012 12:51pm Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2867 Is there anything/anyone actually in Coventry Point these days? Always wondered what it was used for. More student accommodation? |
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The spirit of Coventry Spain All posts by this member Thread starter | 6 of 39 Thu 9th Feb 2012 7:48pm Member: Joined Feb 2011 Total posts:81 I don't know about these days, but I'm sure I took my driving theory test up there on the 9th floor or something like that. What was it built for originally, as it must have been a nightmare to park round there in the morning for work!! |
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TonyS Coventry All posts by this member | 7 of 39 Thu 9th Feb 2012 7:57pm Member: Joined Jan 2011 Total posts:1549 I don't know what is in there now, I worked in financial services in 1986-87 and was based in an office on the 11th floor. I seem to recall a job agency of some sort on the 9th. I think the rest were leased to separate companies.
Yes parking was an issue. I generally parked in the old West Orchards car park. I recall almost bumping into Greg Downs in there just before the cup final ![]() |
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Rob Orland Historic Coventry All posts by this member | 8 of 39 Thu 9th Feb 2012 8:40pm Webmaster: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:1655 On 9th Feb 2012 7:57pm, TonyS said:
....I worked in financial services in 1986-87 and was based in an office on the 11th floor.
It wasn't Irish Life was it? I hope not! ![]() ![]() On 9th Feb 2012 7:57pm, TonyS said:
....I recall almost bumping into Greg Downs in there just before the cup final
Glad you didn't flatten him - he came in handy that May! ![]() ![]() |
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TonyS Coventry All posts by this member | 9 of 39 Thu 9th Feb 2012 10:28pm Member: Joined Jan 2011 Total posts:1549 On 9th Feb 2012 8:40pm, Rob Orland said: It wasn't Irish Life was it?
No Rob, it definitely wasn't - but I do admit, endowments were all the rage - mabe 'cos they provided the "agent" with about 50% of the first year's premiums in commission! ![]() On 9th Feb 2012 8:40pm, Rob Orland said:
Glad you didn't flatten him - he came in handy that May!
No ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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TonyS Coventry All posts by this member | 10 of 39 Thu 9th Feb 2012 10:33pm Member: Joined Jan 2011 Total posts:1549 I wonder if people are aware that Coventry Point is actually TWO towers? Both towers joined by a central link corridor. The second tower being accessed either from the main tower via the "link" or through the alleyway round the back of BHS or a service entrance via Barracks Way at the rear. |
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Wighter Isle of Wight All posts by this member | 11 of 39 Fri 10th Feb 2012 9:27am Member: Joined Oct 2011 Total posts:34 Not quite Petronas Towers though ![]() |
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TonyS Coventry All posts by this member | 12 of 39 Fri 10th Feb 2012 10:15am Member: Joined Jan 2011 Total posts:1549 Is it my imagination or does it seem that everything was on the 9th floor? ![]() |
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Kimbo Leicestershire All posts by this member | 13 of 39 Sun 12th Feb 2012 9:45pm Member: Joined Feb 2012 Total posts:80 I remember going there for an interview at some employment agency or other in about 1983, and my daughter took her driving theory there a few years back.
Anyway - HOORAY - can I press the button? ![]() |
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The spirit of Coventry Spain All posts by this member Thread starter | 14 of 39 Wed 15th Feb 2012 8:39pm Member: Joined Feb 2011 Total posts:81 Anybody know what will be built in its place? Hopefully the won't build another tower block! |
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TonyS Coventry All posts by this member | 15 of 39 Wed 15th Feb 2012 9:06pm Member: Joined Jan 2011 Total posts:1549 It has taken me weeks to find, but I eventually rediscovered this clip, taken in 1986, and thought the best place to put it would be in this thread.
This is a short (42 seconds) video, taken from my office, facing north(ish), on the 11th floor of Coventry Point - and also from the link corridor between the two towers, facing south. Sorry about the quality, it was taken with one of the new (at the time) consumer video cameras, supplied free for the weekend when we rented a new VHS video recorder from Multi-Broadcast in the Upper Precinct (at a whopping £30 per month!!). It was a balance-it-on-your-shoulder-job, which took full-size VHS tapes. The quality of which, at a cost of £10 each, left a lot to be desired!
In the first part, look out for the old West Orchard car park - and the library tower which has yet to be moved to its current position. And the absence of the Staybright Windows showroom (sorry, entrance to West Orchard) from the Upper Precinct. Shame I didn't pan as far as Broadgate. ![]() ![]() |
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