The Waterfront Hall: Now you see it and well now you really can’t anymore

Mick did a post on the development of new conference facilities at The Waterfront Hall in January 2014 when there was some outcry about how it would impact on the view of hall from the other side of the River Lagan.

Today a picture by local arts man about town, Adam Turkington caused a bit of a stir on social media as he took these pictures of how the site is progressing with a before and after;

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So what do you make of the development, should we sacrifice a view for improved conference facilities for the city?

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