After many years of talking, planning and re-planning, there’s finally a flurry of building activity around Reading station, as the town’s skyline continues its rapid evolution. The work is centred around Reading’s two office buildings bearing the word ‘Tower’ in their name: Western Tower and Thames Tower. The two, however, have met very different fates. Continue reading “A Tale of Two Towers”
Today it was announced that Reading Prison is to be sold for housing development. Progress on the prison disposal, following its closure two years ago is to be welcomed. However, in my view, most people in Reading had rather higher hopes for the historic building than a pure apartment conversion. Rob Wilson, Reading East MP, was on BBC Radio Berkshire’s Andrew Peach show this morning telling us that we should be “extraordinarily happy” at the prospect of some much-needed housing. It would be “extraordinary”, he continued, to question the idea. Well, I’ll have to take that as a compliment. Continue reading “The dilemma with no prisoners”
At a meeting next week, Reading Borough council will discuss the future of theatre provision in the town. Below is the key paragraph from the paper they will discuss: Continue reading “Hexagons, Headaches, and why the answer is Hills Meadow”
Yesterday I attended the first public exhibition on the proposals from Reading Football Club to develop the Madejski Stadium car park. The club was taken over by a Thai consortium in September 2014. The new owners have always been open about their intentions to bring forward some kind of property development around the stadium. Details have slowly emerged, but yesterday’s exhibition, (also online), is the first time we’ve had any clarity on the proposals.
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