Created by: Positive_Bradford.<br/> User 'Positive_Bradford' did: hide at Wed Feb 17 10:35:50 +0000 2010.<br/> true true <p>History:</p> <p>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"</p> <p>It was part of the mothballed 'World Mile' development&nbsp;project, details of which are here:<br /><a href="http://bradfordeconomy.com/projects/place/world_mile">http://bradfordeconomy.com/projects/place/world_mile</a></p> <p>The property owner also floated the idea of a hotel. <br /><a href="http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/4104746.Hotel_bid_for_city__eyesore_/">http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/4104746.Hotel_bid_for_city__eyesore_/</a></p> <p>Points:</p> <p>The graff was already there. <br />The caretaker's flat on the 8th floor&nbsp;is awesome. I would totally live there.<br />I found an empty&nbsp;bottle of Lambrini. Grim.</p> 2010-02-03T11:03:16+00:00 470 hidden Positive Bradford

<p>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.</p>

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