There’s no doubt that one of the biggest stories in town this year has been the battle for ownership of Hastings Pier. In November 2017, in the same week that the pier was awarded the nation’s top architecture award, the RIBA Stirling prize, it was also announced that the Hastings Pier Charity, which ran the […]
Friends of Hastings Pier has published a revised business plan and details of its financial projections as its battle to secure community ownership of the pier continues. Both documents can be seen in full by following this link http://hastingsvoluntaryaction.org.uk/fohp A spokesman for FoHP said yesterday: “We want to acknowledge the amazing contribution and ongoing commitment […]
Every time we run a story on Hastings Pier we always attach a link to the creative vision that Friends of Hastings Pier has drawn up. Adam Wide, the man who has drafted the creative plan, has huge experience in his field. But perhaps because that link is always at the bottom of our story […]
Representatives of Friends of Hastings Pier (FoHP) had what they describe as a “warm and positive” meeting with the administrators handling the business affairs of the pier but they concede that, “time is not on our side”. Jess Steele and Adam Wide met Adam Stephens of Smith and Williamson to talk about the plans FoHP […]
The architectural practice behind the Stirling Prize-winning rebuild of Hastings Pier has pledged money to the crowdfunding campaign that it hopes will take the attraction into community ownership. In November, the charity that owned the pier went into administration, less than a month after dRMM scooped the prestigious architecture award for its regeneration of the pier. The practice […]
Since we published our story earlier this morning detailing last night’s public meeting in the White Rock Theatre over the future of Hastings Pier we’ve had readers asking for more, particularly about the creative vision for the pier and the man behind that. So here it is, the full presentation given to the audience in […]
A pier for the 21st century that was likened to a Roman Forum where people could meet to ‘eat, drink and be merry’ was the vision outlined to the public meeting held last night over the future of Hastings Pier. Adam Wide, the man tasked with dreaming up a creative vision for the pier served […]
As Friends of Hastings Pier battle this weekend to prove they have the financial clout to support their bid to buy the town’s iconic victorian pier the man behind the creative vision for a community owned pier says ‘in a curious way’ that the battle has already been won. In the preamble to his document […]
