SALLY Wilton uttered her dismay over the ragged complete ugliness of the cube-like development at West Central and I totally empathise with her view.

It is a dismal display of the typically unimaginative type of construction we see erected everywhere in Bournemouth today where nothing harmonises.

Everywhere architecture is out of scale, is totally devoid of character, has ruined the skyline, makes people look anonymous yet plans seem to get the green light and we are expected to take the old and new together and praise the artistically inelegant type of constructions with limited shelf life.

It must be built on the cheap though there is nothing cheerful that greets the eye. It is an ugly conglomeration lacking vision, a mish-mash of poorly constructed, uninspiring, trendy, inconsequential money-spinning jumble of pre-cast concrete.

As has been pointed out, the height of the construction has had a drastic impact upon the lower gardens whose beauty has been enjoyed for decades so this part will never look as good.

In short it was not needed but what was needed was a bus station. Bournemouth already has plenty of retail trade and, when it opens, it is likely to have a negative impact on the retailers in Commercial Road.

We are fast moving from an age of elegance and character, when the architecture was thoughtful, worthy of praise and lent residents and visitors a certain status, to a seaside town with no idea where it’s going.

At least the seafront and most of the gardens remain unspoiled.

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