Comments on: 34 in the pipe http://peteashton.com/2007/09/34_in_the_pipe/ June 2000 to June 2010 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:48:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pete Ashton http://peteashton.com/2007/09/34_in_the_pipe/comment-page-1/#comment-11583 Pete Ashton Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:37:39 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2007/09/34_in_the_pipe/#comment-11583 Yeah, I did (it was Saturday). I like Rosa's. I tend to go there for sustenance out of choice when I'm in the area, especially when I've been doing a lot of arty digital media tosspot stuff. It's a bit of an oasis in that regard. Be a terrible shame to see it go but, and it's a big but, the building it's in is a concrete eyesore, and not in the Brutalist sense. I can't imagine anyone in their right mind thinking that should stay. I'd dearly hope the Rosa's family could be rehoused somewhere but I fully understand the desire to tear down that building, If you head off into the more industrial areas of Birmingham (Aston, Erdington, etc) there are loads of cafes like Rosa's, run by a matriarch who looks after "her boys" in the hi-viz jackets. There just aren't any in the city centre, which always kinda bugged me until I found Rosa's. Yeah, I did (it was Saturday). I like Rosa’s. I tend to go there for sustenance out of choice when I’m in the area, especially when I’ve been doing a lot of arty digital media tosspot stuff. It’s a bit of an oasis in that regard.

Be a terrible shame to see it go but, and it’s a big but, the building it’s in is a concrete eyesore, and not in the Brutalist sense. I can’t imagine anyone in their right mind thinking that should stay. I’d dearly hope the Rosa’s family could be rehoused somewhere but I fully understand the desire to tear down that building,

If you head off into the more industrial areas of Birmingham (Aston, Erdington, etc) there are loads of cafes like Rosa’s, run by a matriarch who looks after “her boys” in the hi-viz jackets. There just aren’t any in the city centre, which always kinda bugged me until I found Rosa’s.

]]> By: andy http://peteashton.com/2007/09/34_in_the_pipe/comment-page-1/#comment-11579 andy Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:35:03 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2007/09/34_in_the_pipe/#comment-11579 yes it is. Pete, did you catch the story in the Birmingham Post on Sunday about the eastside regeneration's impact on local people? Ie, they covered the story of 'Rosa's Cafe' (near millenium point), which has been served with its final orders, and will be knocked down against the owners wishes. Rosa herself comes from Italian background, is eighty, and, i would suggest, part of Birmingham's history. I wonder what the digital media world impressions are about this? yes it is.

Pete, did you catch the story in the Birmingham Post on Sunday about the eastside regeneration’s impact on local people? Ie, they covered the story of ‘Rosa’s Cafe’ (near millenium point), which has been served with its final orders, and will be knocked down against the owners wishes. Rosa herself comes from Italian background, is eighty, and, i would suggest, part of Birmingham’s history. I wonder what the digital media world impressions are about this?

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