Up, up and away

The student bijou dwellings go on proliferating around the city. There is seemingly no let up. Two that caught the eye. One open and another climbing ever skywards. When will this building mania run out of steam?

Well, maybe it's better than the continuing building of offices without clients to occupy them. Just opposite to the tower block shown here, the steel work for a new huge office block boasting advanced features is coming together. More on that. Meanwhile, as I showed a few years back, Newcastle has several brand new (at that time) blocks that have never subsequently attracted occupants.

Meanwhile social housing languishes and the city's Green Belt goes under more and more boxy aspirational 'housing'.

West Road at Collingwood Street

Westgate Hill approach

Junction of Westgate Hill and St James' Boulevard