This Oxford is the city of Hawksmoor, Wren, Gibbs and a few other unnamed geniuses... also the city of Richard MacCormack, Philip Powell, and a few other modern architects, but none of the nincompoops on the planning and academic committees which are responsible for the cow pat fringing Port Meadow. They do not have a clue about these architects nor the wit to know that the view of a building is as important as the building itself.

A perfect illustration of another debacle; in this case.

Nincompoops led by nincompoops

Dr Peter Winchester (retired architect and planner), Warnborough Road, Oxford

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