You recently published an article about ugly modern buildings in Exeter (Are these the city's ugliest buildings? Echo, September 5).
I would like to raise the case of a building which I feel Exeter should be proud of but which seems to be being treated poorly at the moment.
Riverside Leisure Centre was built, I believe, in 1983.
The swimming pool has an entire curved wall of floor to roof windows, angled in order to allow a view of the cathedral not only from inside the building but also from the actual pool itself.
Two years ago this view was lost when an advert was placed over the bottom third of the windows.
I read an article in a national newspaper about tourist sites which mentioned that Bath Spa has the only public swimming pool in Britain where it is possible to see a cathedral from the water.
This was also the case in Exeter until the advert appeared two years ago.
Apparently the management of the leisure centre are considering replacing the now-tatty advert.
I have been told that the advert was originally placed over the windows because of comments from some swimmers who did not like being overlooked by the new block of flats opposite.
I think it a great shame that the management have not consulted with all the users of the pool to find if the majority are happy to see the view of the cathedral consigned to history.
I have swum in many pools in the area, Honiton, Exmouth, Sidmouth etc, all of which have small windows and dark interiors.
I think in Exeter we should be proud to have such an amazing building and that the building should be preserved with its original intention of allowing swimmers a view of the cathedral.
After 28 years of these views do we really need to hide swimming away as if it something shameful?
I wonder if others would like to share their views?
Alan Mirren
Cowick Hill
Exeter