Dorman Long Tower - Listed Building Status

fmttmadmin said:
Am thinking about what we need to do to try and save this iconic building now.
Take a walk along the Black Path through Cargo Fleet by the railway line and you cannot help be moved by the might as well as the logo on this tower. The mix of nature and industry there is powerful stuff. It says so much about all the hard graft in the past and hopefully for the future.
I am old enough to remember when the Royal Exchange was knocked down the A66 smashed through Middlesbrough. I can tell you that many people thought the old soot blackened building was an eyesore. It stood empty, neglected and uncared for many years. There are lessons there surely because hardly a history event happens in Middlesbrough or a debate about buildings of Teesside and someone laments the Royal Exchange and A66.
At the time it all happened in the name of progress and opening up the south bank of the Tees for jobs and new hope. Does this sound familiar?
Why not use a restored Dorman Long Tower as a beacon of hope for the future. An icon, already on tshirts, paintings and photos that could be the emblem of future growth and prosperity. A linking hand from the past and a means to brand and identity a better future.
People talk about Teesside and parmos - lets have the Transporter Bridge, Newport Bridge, Dorman Long Tower and the former ICI Ammonium Sulphates Tower, Billingham as our Teesside giants.
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It’s an eyesore , as is the cooling towers and the blast furnace .
Rob , how about putting some energy into getting the walls sorted between the subways ?
Most away fans and the majority of home fans walk that route , and it is a disgrace .
graffiti and rubbish .
The council need to sort this out , but doubt they will unless someone highlights it .
Over to you Robert .
You could even have murals of the Dorman towers etc on it !
 
Ex pfc wintergreen said:
It has no worth or value beyond your personal beliefs. It would have some purpose as a folly, a bit like grays monument but as it stands it’s a no from me, If I get banned for responding I’m blaming you.😎
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there's always going to be at least two points of view on something like this. keep or get rid, your opinion is just as worthwhile and valid as mine. it would be a shame if you got banned.. as rob would owe someone else a another pint ;)
 
newyddion said:
there's always going to be at least two points of view on something like this. keep or get rid, your opinion is just as worthwhile and valid as mine. it would be a shame if you got banned.. as rob would owe someone else a another pint ;)
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I have no intention of banning anyone - I just don't think one person should hog the debate. Then it is no debate.
 
rob_fmttm said:
I have no intention of banning anyone - I just don't think one person should hog the debate. Then it is no debate.
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Yes that newy wants telling.😎
No ones hogging the debate, there’s only me and him posting, it’s like a tennis rally. Anyway I’m going to sign the petition to keep it if he starts one…
 
rob_fmttm said:
I have no intention of banning anyone - I just don't think one person should hog the debate. Then it is no debate.
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But you twice mentioned it after a Ex pfc wintergreen posts, not after newyddion ones. Strange. Newyddion has been much more vocal throughout the entire thread. Are you telling him to pipe down too, or do you happen to agree with him, so it's allowed?

I've read the whole thread. Contributed early on, but then dropped it, as I'm never going to agree with anyone who thinks it should be listed. I think the tower is an eyesore and the sooner it goes the better. That said, I think that goes for most examples of Brutalist architecture to be honest. Horrible stuff.
 
Simply red said:
It’s an eyesore , as is the cooling towers and the blast furnace .
Rob , how about putting some energy into getting the walls sorted between the subways ?
Most away fans and the majority of home fans walk that route , and it is a disgrace .
graffiti and rubbish .
The council need to sort this out , but doubt they will unless someone highlights it .
Over to you Robert .
You could even have murals of the Dorman towers etc on it !
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Which walls exactly - I don't recall any walls inbetween the two subways. I can put it to community champions.
 
fmttmadmin said:
You mean this petition..

www.change.org

Sign the Petition

Save the Dorman Long Tower from demolition
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No I mean the one newy starts as he’s so passionate😁
Quick question, has the black path been improved for access along its length to Warren by, haven been down there for years and fancy a bike ride along it if it’s possible be interesting to see what’s left. Probably pick it up from the riverside and head east
 
Ex pfc wintergreen said:
No I mean the one newy starts as he’s so passionate😁
Quick question, has the black path been improved for access along its length to Warren by, haven been down there for years and fancy a bike ride along it if it’s possible be interesting to see what’s left. Probably pick it up from the riverside and head east
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Done it on a 'hybrid' around beginning of June, struggle in parts due to amount of growth, doesn't appear to be getting trampled down as much as it used to.
 
Ex pfc wintergreen said:
No I mean the one newy starts as he’s so passionate😁
Quick question, has the black path been improved for access along its length to Warren by, haven been down there for years and fancy a bike ride along it if it’s possible be interesting to see what’s left. Probably pick it up from the riverside and head east
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I didn’t start a petition, I applied for the building to be listed. If I was to start a petition it would be for a plaque to be mounted with the names and faces of those who were responsible for its destruction.
 
They're trying to say work hasn't started on demolition.. yet here we are 5th September with the base knocked in and a side removed.

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Works are not due to start until 15th September.. nothing to do with the building being considered for listed status.
 
Simply red said:
The walls of the chemical plant , between the cinema subway and the underpass .
it’s like Beirut .
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The chemical plant is a private company and the wall private property. They would have to be approached. I have never heard anyone mention this before.
 
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