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...which I very much doubt it could.
It would also diminish the Leitchian look.
But is the retention of the Leitchan appearance paramount? Because one could argue that rust would achieve the same diminishing outcome. I just feel that the Leitch connection is no longer 'worth the candle'. I bet if you walked into the grounds of the old Highbury and looked at the residential units that were created out of the old grandstands, nobody would bother saying 'isn't it a shame the classic seated Leitch edifices are no more'. Argyle's ground will not be worth more to James Brent if the architectural integrity is fully retained. Let's just say, thanks a lot for your enduring spectator experience and move on into the 21st century. The sooner it is all done and dusted the better IMHO
Too much is placed on the Leitch name and it shouldn't be forgotten that the Home Park example simply follows Archibald Leitch's designs, rather than being individually designed by the man himself. It was built in 1953, 14 years after the man's death.
It's like a Victorian style house built in the 20th century being held up as a nice example but in reality, isn't an historic original.
It doesn't need to be treated like some listed building.
I'm not suggesting it should be listed it's simply a question of letting it be what is and not trying to make it something it isn't.
Goodison and Ibrox being sympathetic examples.
The guts of a distinctive stand shouldn't be b*stardised under something perhaps just as distinctive, but completely alien to those guts. Stand and roof should be one entity, not 'classic topped by modern'. In reverse on a house it'd be like putting a thatched roof on a Bauhaus or a council tower block, it'd look stupid.
The stand needs to be Arthur or Martha so if we're not changing the stand we shouldn't change its roof...not that we can possibly afford to do that anyway so this whole discussion is a moot point.
Standing alone it can be it's own thing, the classic and archetypal football stand.
I wanted something done with the corners but needs must and the money ain't there. Making the grandstand its own distinct entity means at a later date we can extend the horseshoe to meet it and it'll still make sense...
...ideally finishing the incomplete present structure by extending it to become symmetrical to the pitch :wink:
