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• At 2009.11.23 00:21, alf stone said:
  

  Beth, a lovely shot but I am going to be completely predictable and opt for for the Grand Hotel. It has character which King’s Gate does not. It just doesn’t fit with the Newcastle I know and love. But I bet King’s Gate is a lot more “user friendly” than the Grand Hotel building. I will just have to resign myself to being an old fogey.

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• At 2009.11.23 01:14, Leif Hagen said:
  

  Nice street scene shot! I admire the fancy ironwork fence along the sidewalk - like little castle towers! I prefer the historic building to the “new” building

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• At 2009.11.23 01:43, Sue said:
  

  I’m going to sit on the fence and say I prefer the old one but I think the new one might be a “grower” - I like the way the’ve put the stonework on the ends of the buidings to try (kind of!) to reflect the building next to it.

  And the railings are beautful - whoever designed those deserves a special mention :)

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• At 2009.11.23 01:54, Mike said:
  

  Hurray!, the lego men are rubble…

  Yes the hotel has more heritage and character about it and the Uni building has none. But certainly better than what was there before - a car park.

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• At 2009.11.23 22:07, Beth said:
  

  Alf, to be fair, I’d be surprised if anyone went for the new building :) Having said that though, I think there’s variety enough in Newcastle for the new building to fit. There are some beautiful buildings, but the M&S and BHS buildings on Northumberland Street are awful. King’s Gate is FAR nicer than them.

  Thanks Leif. Many of the railings in Newcastle are in this style. I do love them.

  Sue, you may be right - it might well stand the test of time :) And again I really do love the railings!

  Mike - NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! I loved the lego men! I’m still really upset that they’ve gone. I will however agree with you about the car park :)

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• At 2009.11.25 11:25, Dave said:
  

  You know, I like them both very much. Maybe it is a bit extreme having them next door to one another though.

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• At 2009.11.25 11:26, Dave said:
  

  …and I for one won’t mourn the passing of the lego men at all! ;)

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• At 2009.11.25 20:53, Dave said:
  

  Beth - just spotted your comment about that truly terrible BHS / Primark thing, and the M&S - you are so right. It is possible to have decent modern building, but yes, that BHS is really awful!

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