Further transformations to canal side at Wolverhampton

[Heartland]

The artists are having a field day with re-inventing the canal side at Wolverhampton as yet more developments crowd around the canal and railway. The Banana Yard scheme is part of the transformation where the proposed Broad Street offices come to overshadow the former BW Broad Street depot. The canal here is depicted as somewhat wider than it is and the canoes are out along with the boats. May be the developers will slip up with this one!

 

Also what has happen to boaters service facilities ?

 

Edited November 27, 2019 by Heartland

[Alan de Enfield]

16 minutes ago, Heartland said:

Also what has happen to boaters service facilities ?

 

You see that brown door alongside the 1st NB on the left ………………………………..

[Boater Sam]

Why is it always a brown door or do they start out a different colour?

[Alan de Enfield]

1 minute ago, Boater Sam said:

Why is it always a brown door or do they start out a different colour?

It was white until the 'self pump-out' brigade got there.

[Cheshire cat]

It looks busy. That is National Cycle Route 81 but I can only see one cyclist and he is stationary 

Edited November 27, 2019 by Cheshire cat
Too many buts

[Mike Hurley]

4 minutes ago, Cheshire cat said:

 I can only see one cyclist and he is stationary 

Slowed down for moored boats?

[matty40s]

36 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

You see that brown door alongside the 1st NB on the left ………………………………..

I think the people using the disabled lift may object to emptying cassettes inside it,  never mind the cafe owner...

[Boater Sam]

2 minutes ago, matty40s said:

I think the people using the disabled lift may object to emptying cassettes inside it,  never mind the cafe owner...

SPOIL SPORTS! Got to do it somewhere.

[Heartland]

Will CRT move the facilities or more likely the artist daint loik puttin in the new vision of t cut

[Alan de Enfield]

2 minutes ago, Heartland said:

Will CRT move the facilities or more likely the artist daint loik puttin in the new vision of t cut

 

Are you implying it will be full of 'floating logs' ?

[cuthound]

3 hours ago, Cheshire cat said:

It looks busy. That is National Cycle Route 81 but I can only see one cyclist and he is stationary 

 

3 hours ago, Mike Hurley said:

Slowed down for moored boats?

 

Or couldn't wait until the "quick drying" cement had completely gone off ?

[Sea Dog]

5 hours ago, Heartland said:

 

 

 

 

What we need is a matting agent for canal water so that, where having such fugly buildings is absolutely unavoidable, we can at least not have to suffer a second dose by way of their reflection. 

[ditchcrawler]

Are they putting a ladder down the wall on the offside so people can get to the moorings 

[john6767]

5 hours ago, Heartland said:

The artists are having a field day with re-inventing the canal side at Wolverhampton as yet more developments crowd around the canal and railway. The Banana Yard scheme is part of the transformation where the proposed Broad Street offices come to overshadow the former BW Broad Street depot. The canal here is depicted as somewhat wider than it is and the canoes are out along with the boats. May be the developers will slip up with this one!

 

Also what has happen to boaters service facilities ?

 

How have those people got onto the offside moorings?

[dmr]

I like stopping in the old BW yard, a real historic canal setting, so rather sad that it will turn into yet another modern "canalside beverage destination".

Good to see the listed yard building has survived, though I do something think its a bit pointless preserving historic buildings in isolation when their setting is lost and they are dwarfed by modern stuff towering over them.

 

.............Dave

[Sea Dog]

9 minutes ago, dmr said:

...dwarfed by modern stuff towering over them.

Is that really modern stuff? It looks rather like the worst of the 1960s. The "architect" must be a Thunderbirds fan.

[LadyG]

Surreal ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[doratheexplorer]

13 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:

Are they putting a ladder down the wall on the offside so people can get to the moorings 

Just put a fireman's pole there.  Easy to get to moorings then.  Harder to get off though.

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

18 hours ago, dmr said:

I like stopping in the old BW yard, a real historic canal setting, so rather sad that it will turn into yet another modern "canalside beverage destination".

Good to see the listed yard building has survived, though I do something think its a bit pointless preserving historic buildings in isolation when their setting is lost and they are dwarfed by modern stuff towering over them.

 

.............Dave

Dave, it might be a new ‘Flapper’ ?

[dmr]

19 minutes ago, Goliath said:

Dave, it might be a new ‘Flapper’ ?

Sadly new canalside developements like to be "beverage destinations" rather than interesting pubs, but it would be a real coup for Wolves to re-create the Flapper here. There is a good train and Tram service so all the clientele could turn up for a saturday night. With a little alleyway leading to the Great Western this could become a "signature beverage hub".

 

.............Dave