I've repeatedly stated that I'm not advocating anything or touting for work. I merely wanted to refute the myth that redevelopment wasn't viable, and in the process have had to make some obvious comparisons, whilst also stating some reservations about the process to date and what we have seen so far.
It appears that you haven't read the pdf, or previous ones covering other approaches that featured at the time of Destination Kirkby...... because this is all covered. I have shown how redevelopment would readily get rid of most or even all obstructed views using a mixture of scale CAD drawings and sketches of schemes that were fully sightline modelled years ago. All for a small landtake. Trevor Skempton, Ward McHugh and others have done similar.
As regards old stands, the bottom 2/3 of the lower tier of LFC's current mainstand was built in 1906 and is far older than anything at GP, but you wouldn't know it looking at it now..... it also houses significantly more corporate than our entire proposed new stadium on its own. Man Utds mainstand was built in 1910.... there are are many equally old lower tiers at some of the world's greatest stadia as I've already mentioned. No one would call the Bernabeu a shithole because its lower bowl was built over 70yrs ago in the 1940s. The lower tier of Anfield's centenary stand is almost 60yrs old. 10 of Germany's 14 biggest stadia are redeveloped stadia and some date from pre-war.... so I'm sorry quoting the age of a few stands is meaningless. It's not about what they are now, it's about what they could be with some imagination and a fraction of the investment required at BMD.
I have seen the drawings of what you did regarding the main stand and like I said previously I was a fan - 10 years ago when we didn't have a pot to pee in. Then a cheaper and long term redevelopment was about as much as we could hope for.
But even with those just how the main stand is built you would have to get rid of 15 or so rows at the back of the middle deck to remove obstructions to be able to hold the balcony up.
All these stadiums you mention have fairly large footprints that has allowed the extensions room and if you are talking about Anfield what remains from that old stand is a bit like trigger's broom, as it was gutted completely and reprofiled.
I have cad models of the stadium with modifications, as I like you had a big interest in stadium design, but our stands are not like say the Leitch stand at Ibrox that had the standing area reprofiled for seating in a much better way than ours did.
To keep Goodison with some charm, instead of building on top of it the restricted views should be taken out by having cantilevered roofs on the GS and BR and installing boxes underneath to hold the upper tiers up and maybe look to buy up land around to eventually extend the internals enabling a more modern interior and a larger open area around the structure. Goodison road needs to be straightened where it cuts in at an angle, meaning places like the Winslow would be lost but that would give room for a new main stand and another tier on the PE with the corner filled in that would create two 'L's. The lower BR and GS and the larger PE and MS.
But all this talk is pointless as we have a very good location for a great looking new stadium. Time to let it go unless something happens to cancel those plans.
