High Point/YBS Report Feb 2010

Icon_article Published: February 03, 2010 11:03 by Positive Bradford

Tagged as: climbing culture exploration free_spaces urban urbex
Neighbourhoods: bd1 bradford high_point westgate ybs yorkshire_building_society

High Point, or the YBS building as it is more commonly known in Bradford, is on Westgate and has been empty for about a decade. It's called High Point, it had to be done really.

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History:

Quote from flickr "Highpoint - the ex-headquarters of the Yorkshire Permanent Building Society on Westgate in Bradford was built in the early 1970s. It is a 9 story building which seems to have practically no windows! Developers did have plans to add a further 4 stories, convert the offices into 93 apartments and completely re-clad the building however the economic downturn in 2008 has ended that idea"

It was part of the mothballed 'World Mile' development project, details of which are here:
http://bradfordeconomy.com/projects/place/world_mile

The property owner also floated the idea of a hotel.
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/4104746.Hotel_bid_for_city__eyesore_/

Points:

The graff was already there.
The caretaker's flat on the 8th floor is awesome. I would totally live there.
I found an empty bottle of Lambrini. Grim.

Additions

technical information

Comment Published: February 03, 2010 19:29 by hacktion man

Image 7 of 42 is a tape cartridge containing version 5.04 of IBM's database system known as Informix

Image 14 of 42 is the control panel for an emergency electrical generator, to keep lights and lifts working in the event of a power-cut