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| A last-ditch campaign has been launched to save Preston bus station, either an eyesore or a masterpiece of 20th-century design depending on your viewpoint, as the council meets on Monday to vote on whether to demolish the vast 1969 structure. | A last-ditch campaign has been launched to save Preston bus station, either an eyesore or a masterpiece of 20th-century design depending on your viewpoint, as the council meets on Monday to vote on whether to demolish the vast 1969 structure. |
| The council argues that refurbishing the finned concrete bus station and car park would cost £23m, while demolishing it will cost less than £16m, but many admirers of the building have questioned their figures. | The council argues that refurbishing the finned concrete bus station and car park would cost £23m, while demolishing it will cost less than £16m, but many admirers of the building have questioned their figures. |
| The Twentieth Century Society, which has rallied other heritage and conservation groups to call for its preservation, describes it as "one of the most significant brutalist buildings in the country". | The Twentieth Century Society, which has rallied other heritage and conservation groups to call for its preservation, describes it as "one of the most significant brutalist buildings in the country". |
| "Any decision now to destroy this building would rob Preston of an iconic architectural masterpiece. We believe future generations would lament the loss of this key feature of the city's heritage and the council would regret its short-sighted decision," Catherine Croft, director of the society, said. | "Any decision now to destroy this building would rob Preston of an iconic architectural masterpiece. We believe future generations would lament the loss of this key feature of the city's heritage and the council would regret its short-sighted decision," Catherine Croft, director of the society, said. |
| The structure has divided public opinion since it was designed by the Building Design Partnership, but two years ago emerged as the surprising winner of a poll organised by the Lancashire Evening Post for Preston's favourite building. | The structure has divided public opinion since it was designed by the Building Design Partnership, but two years ago emerged as the surprising winner of a poll organised by the Lancashire Evening Post for Preston's favourite building. |
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