Why the council should step in to secure Hastings Pier’s future

Paul Finch, Architects' Journal

If I were Hastings Council, I would think seriously about ensuring the operational stability of the most famous structure in the town. 

It is not that the pier has put Hastings on the map, that task having been achieved in 1066, but it is the most prominent example of contemporary architecture in that part of the world, and should not be allowed to wither on the proverbial vine.