| Comment | Students need housing too. And as others have said the loss of these buildings has nothing to do with what's now in their place, 50, 60, 100 years later. (The answer to OP's question is 0/16 by the way, as far as I can tell). As u/LordAnubis12 points to, most of these were lost to a combination of Comprehensive Development Area planning in the 60s and the unfulfilled motorway ring road plan.
Bit tired of this revulsion whenever student housing is planned or built. We are a student city. Three unis, three major multi-campus colleges. 40-50,000 students or so, or just shy of 10% of the total population.
They need somewhere to stay, and if they're scrambling for the existing housing stock, that affects availability and cost for everyone else.
Modern student builds are typically planned for the city centre because 1) more student housing is needed generally, 2) there's an impetus to increase the city centre population however possible to better sustain its economy medium-long term, 3) the centre of town is where most students are happiest and keen to stay, given proximity to transport, uni/college itself & nightlife. |
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