threeornothing Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 Hop on the megabus bound for London and check out some of these places...http://www.derelictlondon.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pop-notmyface Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 A property developer? Missing out one little detail to sell more houses? surely not..."Royal Cornhill Hospital opened in November 1800 as the Aberdeen Lunatic Hospital. Built to replace cells provided in the original Infirmary at Woolmanhill since the 1740's for 'those who deprived of the use of their Reason'' date=' the new hospital admitted patients from Aberdeen and other parts of the North-East of Scotland and, at times, from further afield.The asylum, as it become known, was enlarged on several occasions in the nineteenth century. [b']Elmhill House, a separate building for private patients, opened in 1862"Cheer up, your try-hard negativity is getting a bit wearing.was that on the same site? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pop-notmyface Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 What you perceive as "negativity" is my natural sense of doubt. I'm a cynist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragudave Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 The infant school on Springhill Road. - think twas called Greenfern?The petrol station / car garage on North Anderson Drive, near to the Lang Stracht junction.The abandoned house, offset from Airyhall Road and near to that garden centre - it might be called Airyhall House or something similar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragudave Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 if you head out towards peterculter' date=' just after the waterwheel Inn there is a for sale board for industrial unit - if you take a right at the wee gatehouse then down the lane to the left is a massssiiivveeee site that is derelict. Not sue what it was used for but it seems to have been some sort of hospital type place. eerie anyway.[/quote']I think that was Tor na dee hospital. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 I think that was Tor na dee hospital.It was indeed.I think there's going to be a new development up there, still keeping with the medical side though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 The abandoned house' date=' offset from Airyhall Road and near to that garden centre - it might be called Airyhall House or something similar?[/quote']Airyhall house, next to where I liveIf you head up craigton road a bit you get to woodlands hospital which is now empty and boarded up tooDavid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachie Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 wow' date=' now that sounds interesting.....but sorry to burst your bubble, according to the developers site, it was a "B listed hospital" now i'm not sure if the B refers to age of the building or the category...but unless they are bending the truth in order to get folks to move into a "former asylum", it is a hospital.[url']http://www.premierburrell.co.uk/developments/elmhill/And if you take the trouble to look up the history of the building itself you might find that it was built as the "Private Asylum" for Cornhill. Frosty Jack's beaten me to it but never mind.The answer to your question is yes, it is on the same site. If you keep going up through the grounds of Cornhill you will find Elmhill House in all it's glory. It's a beautiful building, and once all the Burrell's scaffolding is gone I highly recommend a look.I'll stay in my bubble, ta. I live next to the development, I happen to show interest in the building and it's history.The Burrell are working side by side with Stewart Milne, as Frosty Jack said, do you really expect them to be completely honest if it means the can sell a few more houses by omitting the little details? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pop-notmyface Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 And if you take the trouble to look up the history of the building itself you might find that it was built as the "Private Asylum" for Cornhill. Frosty Jack's beaten me to it but never mind.The answer to your question is yes' date=' it is on the same site. If you keep going up through the grounds of Cornhill you will find Elmhill House in all it's glory. It's a beautiful building, and once all the Burrell's scaffolding is gone I highly recommend a look.I'll stay in my bubble, ta. I live next to the development, I happen to show interest in the building and it's history.The Burrell are working side by side with Stewart Milne, as Frosty Jack said, do you really expect them to be completely honest if it means the can sell a few more houses by omitting the little details? [/color']see this guy?he's chllin'.he's cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trippinoneastereggs Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 aw i hoped someone was trying to start an aberdeen version of the Chateaux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragudave Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Airyhall house' date=' next to where I liveIf you head up craigton road a bit you get to woodlands hospital which is now empty and boarded up tooDavid[/quote']Anytime I walk past Woodlands now I see deer and foxes. The deer seem quite tame as well.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachie Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 see this guy?he's chllin'.he's cool."What up... dawg?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest five years Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 tivoli isn't derelict or unused. it's just in need of fixing up. it's owned by a trust i believe who are trying to raise cash to reopen it. =Aberdeen P & J]1 May 2004: The Aberdeen Press and Journal reports that Aberdeen City Council has ruled out converting the Tivoli into the proposed 600-700 seat mid-scale entertainment venue for the city.ach well...anyone remember the ABC cinema before it was the lighthouse/vue? that place was VAST! like 2 screens, totally reminded me of the cinema in last action hero... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pop-notmyface Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 i wish i was as cool as that guy....Stephen Dawkings (i don't know why...)actually, now that it has come to my mind and in cross-reference to a thread i made, Stephen Hawkings is someone i have great respect for and value lots even though he has "deformities". but sexual offenders with "deformities"? no thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragudave Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 ach well...anyone remember the ABC cinema before it was the lighthouse/vue? that place was VAST! like 2 screens' date=' totally reminded me of the cinema in last action hero...[/quote']well I believe that Aberdeen used to have 17 cinemas (or so The Kitchen Cynics sleevenotes tell me) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest five years Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 well I believe that Aberdeen used to have 17 cinemas (or so The Kitchen Cynics sleevenotes tell me)wow...admittedly i only went a few times, and must have only gone to a couple of the screens then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJimF Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 well I believe that Aberdeen used to have 17 cinemas (or so The Kitchen Cynics sleevenotes tell me)Yeah what is now espionage used to be one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 =Aberdeen P & J]1 May 2004: The Aberdeen Press and Journal reports that Aberdeen City Council has ruled out converting the Tivoli into the proposed 600-700 seat mid-scale entertainment venue for the city.Do we really need another 600-700 capacity venue? Can't imagine it would make much sense from the council's point of view, seeing as there's already the Lemon Tree catering for that side of things.There's probably demand for a small (100ish) venue and maybe demand for a 3000-or-so venue similar to the corn exchange, but anything else? can't see it really... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stroppycow Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Harsh!Try Sandilands! Possibly might not be derelict' date=' maybe the inhabitants don't realise that glass is a more efficient material for windows than MDF?[/quote']Sandilands is nowhere near as bad as it used to be!!!!!!! And its generally the council who cover the windows in perspex or wood to stop the empty flats getting damaged. Fersands Housing Committee has done a fair bit to improve the area.Go to Logie or Manor instead. You'll find a lot more empty places there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsh Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Do we really need another 600-700 capacity venue? Can't imagine it would make much sense from the council's point of view' date=' seeing as there's already the Lemon Tree catering for that side of things.There's probably demand for a small (100ish) venue and maybe demand for a 3000-or-so venue similar to the corn exchange, but anything else? can't see it really...[/quote']It was intended to be a Theatre. Like His Majesty's. Originally so Aberdeen would have a fully functioning Theatre while HMT was being refurbished. It was never intended to be a music venue.The Tivoli is without doubt the best "public" buliding in Aberdeen I've been into, and I've been in a fair few. It's like a timewarp when you go in it though - think Phoenix Nights set up for the bingo. It pisses over HMT. Some dude bought it for like £100,000 or something in 1973 and refuses to sell it on. There was a campaign to get it running on, but despite the groups and the City Architects best efforts the Council decided to keep it closed (and flooded.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragudave Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 So was Guild Street more upmarket when The Tivoli was open? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threeornothing Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 There was a great link posted just the other day here with all the info you will ever need on old and new cinemas/theatres in Aberdeenhttp://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/~gbarr/cinemas/scotland/aberdeen/index.htmlI can't believe how many places USED to be a theatre...like the Lucky Boat Chinese, Atmosphere Light and Sound, shops on Union Street etc.....personally I think it would be grand to see the Tivoli open lovely building with a real bit of character about it, but times have changed...my dad has lots of fond memories of the place (the kids with money would go to the cinema, those without went to tivoli, got their juice, saw a show, got teh bus home and still had change for a bag of chips out a halfpenny ), but those were very different times indeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsh Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 So was Guild Street more upmarket when The Tivoli was open?I've got photos at St. Nichs, but if my memory serves me rightly there was a market there. I don't suppose it's much different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 It was intended to be a Theatre. Like His Majesty's. Originally so Aberdeen would have a fully functioning Theatre while HMT was being refurbished. It was never intended to be a music venue.The Tivoli is without doubt the best "public" buliding in Aberdeen I've been into' date=' and I've been in a fair few. It's like a timewarp when you go in it though - think Phoenix Nights set up for the bingo. It pisses over HMT. Some dude bought it for like 100,000 or something in 1973 and refuses to sell it on. There was a campaign to get it running on, but despite the groups and the City Architects best efforts the Council decided to keep it closed (and flooded.)[/quote']Would it really make sense to have another theatre though, funded with public money? Aberdeen City Council already chucks a hell of a lot of money at the arts, some with questionable merit - so to throw yet more money at something like that is decidedly dodgy, especially when there's an alternative available.I'm sure I'm not the only one who objects to massive council tax increases year on year, after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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