I've grown very fond of the structure that was formerly the West Pier.
Why can't we just clean up the rubbish near the beach and preserve the "crystal palace" out to sea as a reef for underwater sea life, an aviary for the starlings, an example of Victorian engineering and a monument to civic procrastination.
Why must it be demolished? No one ever talks about rebuilding/demolishing Stonehenge or St Pancras Priory in Lewes.
Let it survive as Brighton's own picturesque ruin.
-Alan (Fred) Pipes, Brighton
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