Asset Details
Do you wish to reserve the book?
Planners destroyed more than bombs did
Hey, we have placed the reservation for you!
By the way, why not check out events that you can attend while you pick your title.
Oops! Something went wrong.
Looks like we were not able to place the reservation. Kindly try again later.
Are you sure you want to remove the book from the shelf?
Planners destroyed more than bombs did
Do you wish to request the book?
Planners destroyed more than bombs did
Please be aware that the book you have requested cannot be checked out. If you would like to checkout this book, you can reserve another copy
We have requested the book for you!
Your request is successful and it will be processed during the Library working hours. Please check the status of your request in My Requests.
Oops! Something went wrong.
Looks like we were not able to place your request. Kindly try again later.
Newspaper Article
Planners destroyed more than bombs did
2008
Overview
[Thomas Sharp] took pains to explain his respect for the \"genius\" of the city and the value of its surviving historic buildings which gave it architectural distinction, while insisting that \"Exeter was not wholly a jewel. And the Germans did not wholly destroy it.\" He did not want to change its character, rather to make it \"a much improved city of the present kind\". He was opposed to rebuilding \"in imitation of the 18th and early 19th century buildings\" and said that a rebuild in the form of a medieval city would make Exeter \"a dead museum\". The re-planning of the city centre, says [Stamp], was largely carried out with the best of motives, but what now seems \"inexcusable\" was the post-war treatment of the Barbican area, which had not been so badly bombed. And Devonport, he claims, is the \"most depressing part of Plymouth today and it is now hard to imagine how dignified and handsome it once was\".
Publisher
MGN Ltd
Subject
