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The latest edition of the Piece Hall Transformation Newsletter is now available to read. In this month you will find news and information including: Project update What’s On: Diary for 2012 Focus on our retailers: Willow Wellbeing Public consultation results Read now: PieceHallnewsletterJanuary2012 If you require this newsletter in a different format please email yourpiecehall@calderdale.gov.uk Read more>Halifax Visitor Centre & Art Gallery Event times: 10 am – 5 pm The Society of Scribes and Illuminators was founded in 1921 by students of Edward Johnston, the father of modern calligraphy. ‘Celebrate Calligraphy’ exhibition is in celebration of the SSI’s 90th anniversary. The exhibition of work by Fellows and Lay members of the Society, is [...] Read more>RED PATCH – 60 – @thepiecehall – Stockist of Jigsaws, boards, wooden games, wooden construction kits, chess sets and gifts 01422 340932 Read more>THREE BAGS FULL – 3 – Beautiful yarns to suit all tastes and budgets, plus knitting and crochet accessories. Check out there website www.threebagsfulluk.com Read more>Only 10 sleeps left untl Father Christmas does his rounds…but don’t panic there are plenty of gift ideas form our shops in the Piece Hall. You could pick up a one of kind lamp for someone special from Gina B Glass, or a jigsaw for your Dad from Red Patch, or how about your own personalised [...] Read more>Follow Us
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I went down to Peice Hall to look around the gift shops and do some Christmas shopping, only to find there’s about 6 shops remaining and no one about. What’s happened! One trader told me the new plans will mean an increase in rents, and they won’t be able to afford to trade there. She says it will become populated with franchise businesses and be totally modernised.
This is a very sad prospect for such a beautiful building shrowded in history. The Peice hall should be restored to it’s former glory with ‘alternative’ shops filling the balconies, with interesting and different stuff to buy. To acheive this, why does the council not lower the rates? All those units are sat there that could be bringing in revenue! The Hall should be the main attraction of the town, where every thing happens – events, bands, fun fairs, circus’, festivals, calender dates, eg. St. Patricks day, Easter celebrations, May day, markets, etc.
Preserving it’s Northern English history will attract tourists and bring in revenue, not modernisation you can get anywhere.
This is a place that the people of Halifax want to be proud of.
Have you tried just giving as a website. Will allow you to raise money for the projcet if one is created for the piece hall. Can then add account details which don’t show and money will go straight into account.P.S. Have you seen what Aigues-Mortes have done in france as even though it’s a castle the same principle of regeneration exists.?
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I have seen an amazing buzz regarding the Piece Hall this year. Really appreciate what is going on behind the scenes for this project and want to congratulate you on the design. I love the Piece Hall and think the building is wonderful and yes we all need to appreciate it and use it – footfall is important for any creation.
I agree with the previous message. The 4th entrance would increase access. It doesnt need to disturb the interior frontage. Do it.
But I am very worried about the extraneous embellishment of curved grassy steps in one upper corner. The grass looks completely out of place,out of proportion, and anyway is liable to get worn-out by over-use and look scruffy. And that shape is just too fussy for such an austerely designed building. I welcome the ground-based fountains – lovely, attractive and enlivening and making no visible alteration to the overall design when switched off. I would suggest a few proper big trees, maybe four, along the upper edge of the new leveled platform, or toward the corners,to increase the humanity of the site and soften the atmosphere. But not little bits of grass and not curves.
My dream job would be to manage the Piece Hall. It would be known as an International Celebration of Food.
It would have quality restaurants of every type eg. English, French, Chinese, Indian and every weekend there would be some kind of celebration.
A German Xmas market, an Australian Barbeque party, Chinese New Year party, Greek weekend, Scandinavian weekend.
There is so much potential and I would keep the core events that are popular eg. Summer concert, St Patricks Day and incorporate all that has been successful in the past into a full ‘All Year Round Extravaganza’ that incorporates each and every restaurant into its agenda.
This way. the town gets full exposure with a full calendar of events to promote, therefore the restaurants get equal exposure and potential customers, the town keeps everything that has been a success in the past and the town is put on the map as the centre of international food celebrations.
A never ending procession of visitors.
The fourth gateway must be incorporated into the plans for the Piece hall, otherwise the Piece hall will continue to solely rely on those who know about the building and those who venture into the Piece hall while they are visiting town. The fourth gateway has enormous potential to change that, it has the potential to direct every commuter and visitor arriving at Halifax by train through the Piece hall if the railway station is developed accordingly. For this to happen the current station over bridge must be removed and the station entranced relocated back to the original 1855 station building. This will allow a pedestrian oriented footpath to be built, leading up to Square road opposite the Square chapel. Making the quickest route into town via the Piece hall if the fourth gateway was constructed adjacent to the industrial museum. Unless this done, then the achieving sustainability for the Piece hall is severely affected because no matter how fancy a courtyard is, shops will only come with people and the number of people visiting the Piece hall will not change unless the fourth gateway is constructed.
The Food & Drink festival, held in the Piece Hall the weekend just gone, was brilliant! Didn’t realise that Halifax had and could attract some quality produce/products: churros, french boulangerie style bread stall, turkish delicacies, champage tasting…Antony Worral Thompson! I was beside myself! The atmosphere was fresh with people from all over enjoying tastes from all over. That was just an ounce of its potential, really hope theres more events like this soon, think it’s what people and the town could really do with; a bit of life!
I think the Piece Hall is wonderful and all in Halifax should be proud to support it. We were going to go to this Sunday to the food and drink festival but we cannot afford the £13.00 that it will cost. We are both pensioners, not penniless but have to be careful how we spend our money.
The Piece Hall is a wonderful place but i don’t think it is getting used to its full potential. A good way to make it more of an attraction is have bands playing and more events run there. Status quo live brings in a lot of people and why not get more bands to play like a mini music festival. It is also a good way the Council can bring in money.
As said previously the piece hall has so much potential especially if the fourth gateway was built, which might have actually existed as it appears that the stone work on the east side directly opposite the west gateway has been altered after it was built.
The piece could massively benefit if the railway station was developed by relocating the current station entrance to the original 1855 building which is vastly and heavily underused. This would have so many benefits and would direct people straight up and through the piece hall,due to it being the quickest route to town, improving the councils aim of making it the town centre. So much potential but nobody seems to see it.
I’m looking for details of Whats On at the Piece Hall this summer and there doesn’t seem to be anything on when looking at your website Calender, does it need updating?
I’ve seen paper leaflets with a variety of events advertised through June July Aug 2011, Why isn’t this info on the website?
There is no mention I can find of accessibility on the website. How accessible to wheelchair users is it? Also the tiny pale grey writing on this site is very difficult for a lot of people to read.
I love the Piece Hall, the people who own shops there are wonderful. It’s a shame that the place isn’t being used to it’s full potential. It’s soaked in history, a beautiful building and great open space.
They have things on at Christmas for the kids, and a great deal of effort goes in my those who sell at Piece Hall. It’s a shame to see it go to waste when other places are full to the brim with events, they are well cared for etc. I get the feeling that Calderdale council just ignore the place and neglect the efforts of the people who work there. I really love it, it’s a pleasure to be there, and I really hope that the future is brighter for it!
Could anyone tell me whether there is still an art club for children at the Piece Hall?
I am in the process of moving to Halifax, and have visited the Piece Hall on a couple of occasions. It truly is a breathtaking place, but I think I have to agree with what other Halifax residents are saying. It has so much more potential, would be nice for some sort of music event, craft fair, or a regular market to take place maybe at the weekend. It’s a great town, and the Piece Hall is so unique that it should be a place which draws people away from the cities for something a bit different.
I think the Piece Hall is a fantastic, world-class building that is massively under-utilised. Why aren’t there more events, more shops, more things happening? It could be a great selling point for halifax but as it stands it’s a disappointment. We could make so much more of this place!
Thanks for bringing this to our attention – we’ve put the link on the front page!
Sheila, we’re sorry you missed the switch on. We do try and keep the website up to date with times but this doesn’t seem to have worked in this instance. Many apologies – please do come again though, we would like your experience of the Piece Hall to be a good one in future!
The Piece Hall makes it into the top 40 squares of the world, as selected by Robert F Gatje in his book “Great Public Squares: An Architect’s Selection”, published earlier this year. A New York Times piece can be found at:
http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/book-shelf-its-hip-to-be-square/
Thanks for your comments, Al. We are aiming to ensure that the website has details of all events, regular and otherwise – this will include particular events at individual shops like sales or launches as well as the markets, which are on Thursdays (secondhand goods) and Saturdays (general merchandise) from 8.30am.
I agree – the Piece Hall is a stunning place very under-utilised!!
Someone told me that they ahd market stalls mid-week – yet I can find nothing on this website about such a thing? I don’t want to drive all that way to not find anything on!
This space should be used daily for second hand / antique markets, events, performances, food and drink festival, Xmas markets etc etc etc.
Come on Halifax – what’s happening!!!??? Get moving!
Thanks for your comments Peter, and apologies that it has taken so long to reply. We are going to ensure that comments get replied to much more regularly in future. As you may have noticed there are more events on the site (including a Christmas market) and we will continue to develop the site over the next few weeks and months with new content and new events. Please keep the comments and views coming, it really will help us. Regards, Oliver
Just seen a bit about you on TV (Buildings that made Britain). What a fantastic building! & what a daisappointment is the website. I would have expecyed the place to have a programme crammed with events, but nothing. Not even a Xmas market
Come on Yorkshire SELL YOURSELVES.