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seymor titsnthat	what about the rotunda then eh? posted on: 10/25/2005 5:28:51 PM Is anybody else mildly irked by the renovation and private sale of BIRMINGHAMS GLORIOUS ROTUNDA?-I for one am disgusted that this most awsome of all Birminghams many cylindrical buildings has been chopped up and sold to people richer than me when clearly they should have clad it in some kind of silver material,put purple lights on it,opened it up as a multifloor nightclub/birmingham museum/restaurant,and installed a rotating observation deck on the top for all the wonderful denizens of this incredible city to peruse the heart of the country to their hearts content.well?
Russ-L Rank: Jasper	what about the rotunda then eh? replied on: 10/25/2005 6:40:35 PM In yet another shocking display of ignorance, I didn't know about this. To whom was it sold?
bounder chairman of the board Rank: Ozzy	what about the rotunda then eh? replied on: 10/25/2005 6:55:26 PM to developers ages ago - it's now been sold as luxury appartments, although they still haven't got round to doing any conversion work as far a i can see. at least it hasn't become one of those bloody 'mxed use developments' tiny homes, overpriced shops and bars and cramped office space all annoying each other. cf The Mailbox.
racheymaus old hand Rank: Chinny	what about the rotunda then eh? replied on: 10/25/2005 7:06:39 PM They were all sold last week, weren't they? Went in minutes.
Russ-L Rank: Jasper	what about the rotunda then eh? replied on: 10/25/2005 7:17:27 PM I still grit my teeth at the destruction of The Foundry for no obvious reason, after having originally been sold for luxury-appartment-building purposes.
falsedog Rank: Jasper	what about the rotunda then eh? replied on: 10/25/2005 9:01:53 PM quote: Is anybody else mildly irked by the renovation and private sale of BIRMINGHAMS GLORIOUS ROTUNDA? Not me, really; it was always privately owned and subdivided into office space, most of which was empty. Glad someone can use it for something, even folks wealthier than myself! This sort of gentrification always has a positive knock on effect on the immediate area, in lower New St's case, maybe some of the Poundland type shops may be replaced by something more befitting the character of Birminghams main street, Why there's even a newsagent opening on Corp St! Maybe even a restaurant, I can only think of one not-total-shit eatery on New St. Just glad its still there really; the IRA tried to blow it up and it survived, Mel Smith once had an office there (in a TV series) that Belgian Bird thing lived there for a while... before contracting bird flu. I once gatecrashed the Film Festival party held on the top floor, wot a view! The ever shifting moods of the mighty Rotunda!
Ariel HS	what about the rotunda then eh? replied on: 10/25/2005 9:36:07 PM I once took a piss in the bogs in the Rotunda, The walls were curved, Does life ever get better than that? As a protest though I think BINS should have Charlie Mitton lose the Brummie of the year trophy and make on that does not look like the Rotunda.
iDrink	what about the rotunda then eh? replied on: 10/25/2005 9:53:49 PM I worked there, 8th floor, for a 'surveyors firm' once. After a week I left, because it was blatantly run by crooks who, incidentally, did have to do some bird a month or so after I left. I'd like to think that the mighty Rotunda was in some way responsible for the jailing of these miscreants. Still, Clad in silver with purple lights would be further heightened by being surrounded with statues of Jasper Carrot pissing blue water onto statues of Brummie turncoats Judas Priest.
bounder chairman of the board Rank: Ozzy This message was updated on 10/26/2005 3:38:35 PM by bounder	what about the rotunda then eh? replied on: 10/26/2005 2:44:49 PM quote: As a protest though I think BINS should have Charlie Mitton lose the Brummie of the year trophy and make on that does not look like the Rotunda. .. if we can think of anyone to vote for... any ideas what to make? bear in mind that my blue-peter-ish-ness is limited. the rotunda offered copious beer can (the first trophy, sent to malik) and loo roll (lost by BBM) easy make opportunities.
iDrink	what about the rotunda then eh? replied on: 10/26/2005 5:03:27 PM What about a model of Mr. Egg?
Ariel HS	what about the rotunda then eh? replied on: 10/26/2005 11:19:08 PM I have a rainbow fish, It is shaped like a fish and rainbow colored. It is intended for cats to sharpen their claws on BUT..... I think it very symbolic of our multicultural city and it is a bit gay as well. FFS the bugger that wins the trophy will only loose it on the bus on their way home anyway. Trophy problem sorted.
racheymaus old hand Rank: Chinny	Give me little fishy! replied on: 10/27/2005 8:28:10 AM That would go well in my kitchen. Can I nominate myself and claim the prize prior to any outdated "voting" nonsense. That's it, I'm declaring myself dictator (benign and paternal) of Birmingham and I demand my prize!!!
hubgirl	rotunda replied on: 10/27/2005 2:06:38 PM Its worth knowing that most of the flats in the rotunda were bought off plan months ago by a property developer who has now made an absolute mint now they'e completed. Remember the neon coca cola advert that used to be on top of the place? Oh,and apparently the building did used to rotate but they stopped it because a) it wasn't safe and b) it made people puke.
seymor titsnthat	rotunda replied on: 10/27/2005 4:36:52 PM much as i wish it was true,unfortunately the rotunda never rotated,i do however remember the coca cola thing on the top.
rotunda pants villa, but nice with it Rank: Ozzy	what about the rotunda then eh? replied on: 10/27/2005 7:10:08 PM quote: .. if we can think of anyone to vote for... any ideas what to make? bear in mind that my blue-peter-ish-ness is limited. the rotunda offered copious beer can (the first trophy, sent to malik) and loo roll (lost by BBM) easy make opportunities. How about a replica of the BullRing? Just wrap a plastic turd in bubble wrap.
DrVeraJenkins old dear Rank: Jasper	what about the rotunda then eh? replied on: 11/13/2005 11:13:29 PM Instead of a revolving restaurant on the top (that was the original plan years ago), I always advocated that the whole thing should have revolved. Perhaps just a stationary base so that people could get in and out without having to have all those silly stewards from the Corporation like they do at the Wheel. And it could have gone really fast so that all the people stuck to the sides with the centrifugel force like those rides at the fairgrounds where everyone can see your bloomers. And people looking at it from a distance would have thought they were looking at the old Vertigo labels on your Rock albums in the 1970s which made you giddy when you watched them for hours and hours. Not that I ever did that because, being a very old lady, I never had any LPs. Just a useless old gramophone set. So that's what should have happened to the Rotunda anyway.
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