Going, going: inside the Imax as the demolition gathers pace

11:19am Tuesday 12th February 2013 in News

Going, going: inside the Imax as the demolition gathers pace Going, going: inside the Imax as the demolition gathers pace

These pictures from Bournemouth Council's demolition team show how work inside the soon-to-be demolished Imax is progressing.

The demolition has been on site since October, taking the building apart from inside in preparation for the more dramatic demolition work due to start this month.

 

Cranes and demolition equipment will be moving on site this week.

You can compare these pictures with our Inside the Imax panoramas here.

Our full gallery of Imax pictures is here

Comments(11)

Horridbloke says...
11:33am Tue 12 Feb 13

I visited the Imax a couple of times when it was open (I know, I'm in a minority) and it didn't look much better then.

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jobsworthwatch says...
11:51am Tue 12 Feb 13

Surprised BBC want to publicise this, surely they should be pulling it down as quietly, as discretely and as quickly as possible!

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Markmag says...
12:05pm Tue 12 Feb 13

See Star Trek 2 is coming out first on IMAX. Trip up to Southampton to see that then. Shame Bournemouth doesn't have an IMAX cinema. If only there was a suitable building in the town centre...

BBC - always first at moving our town backwards.

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Frank28 says...
12:25pm Tue 12 Feb 13

It would disappear a lot quicker if they just blew it up.

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joncon says...
1:01pm Tue 12 Feb 13

You'll all have to find something else to moan about! Alas, that shouldn't be too hard

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jobsworthwatch says...
1:19pm Tue 12 Feb 13

joncon wrote:
You'll all have to find something else to moan about! Alas, that shouldn't be too hard
Once the Imax is gone it will be the pier head building that is too big, is ugly and obstructs the view.
The BIC is an eyesore too!

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Bob49 says...
1:59pm Tue 12 Feb 13

jobsworthwatch wrote:
joncon wrote:
You'll all have to find something else to moan about! Alas, that shouldn't be too hard
Once the Imax is gone it will be the pier head building that is too big, is ugly and obstructs the view.
The BIC is an eyesore too!
err no

You cannot build flats on the pier head, though if it was possible I'm sure there would be plans to do so, under some spurious regeneration, providing a much needed amenity etc

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doppleganger332 says...
2:27pm Tue 12 Feb 13

With regard to Markmag,they could rip out the inside of the council offices and put an IMAX in there ,Not a lot goes on in there it's more like an asylam.

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HRH of Boscombe says...
2:35pm Tue 12 Feb 13

Looks like Jumping Jaks at the end of a Saturday night.
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Can't wait to read the headline GONE

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Arjay says...
8:03pm Tue 12 Feb 13

Markmag wrote:
See Star Trek 2 is coming out first on IMAX. Trip up to Southampton to see that then. Shame Bournemouth doesn't have an IMAX cinema. If only there was a suitable building in the town centre...

BBC - always first at moving our town backwards.
An Imax theatre might have been a good idea for Bournemouth.. hmm.. let's think....

So - an Imax cinema for Bournemouth? ....could be sited anywhere.
Totally closed in space - no daylight is an essential requirement - no one needs to see what's going on outside. So it doesn't need a particularly special location...

'I know - let's build it on a prime site, right on the sea front!'.....

'Don't be silly, no one could be that stupid'.......

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Baywolf says...
10:26pm Tue 12 Feb 13

IMAX films are far and few between and rely on 3d films to fill the cinema which can be shown in any theatre now with projection technology also many cinemas are now streaming special events live via satellite..IMAX has gone the way of CINERAMA ..and putting one on the sea front just borders on stupidity..and begged to fail because who in their right mind would go in howling rain in the winter to the sea front to watch a film being shown in the town centre? Duhhhhh

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