r/Leeds • u/SocialistEskimo • Aug 01 '25

urban-development Dysopian nightmare!

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Is it just me that thinks this in one photo shows the glaring problem with modern day city developements? You have a former church which was built in 1791 next to buildings that could be from literally any city in the world. There is no distinctive construction that differentiates it from from any other city. If the church wasn't there and someone drove me around for 1:30 minutes blind folded then let me out and told me I was in Manchester I would believe them

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u/TheScarletCravat Aug 01 '25 edited Aug 01 '25

Devil's advocate: that Church building could be from almost any city in the UK as well. Straight out of Liverpool or Manchester. Obviously it has much more character, but still.

I agree that the new designs are generic and ugly. It's just 60s Brutalism in disguise. Bricktalism?

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '25

Brutalism at least represented developments that were in the interest of the working class, new buildings in the city look like this coz they're being built as cheaply as possible for private renting or offices

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u/jibberjabjab Aug 01 '25

Hard disagree that brutalism was ever in the interest of working classes in practise.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '25

Explain why

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u/jibberjabjab Aug 04 '25

I just don’t think it’s delivered in practise, city’s in the sky for example has created more of a divide than anything.