A seafront café is being demolished to make way for an updated building with the addition of indoor seating.
Boards have been put up around The Meeting Place, in King’s Esplanade, Hove, with workers now preparing to tear down the 22-year-old building.
Planning permission was granted last year for a new 64-seat café to replace the kiosk that currently stands on the site.
The first café in the footprint of The Meeting Place is thought to have opened in the 1930s and it has taken various forms throughout the years.
But the current format lacks inside seating to shield from harsh conditions during the winter.
Owners Hikmet Tabak, 62, and Bulent Ekinci, 48, had initially planned to include a roof terrace in their designs but scrapped this after feedback.
They also wanted space for 124 seat customers over 211 square metres but have reduced capacity since the original plans were submitted.
But while many people will be looking forward to seeing the structure take place and enjoying a coffee at the launch, others think the redesign is not suitable for the area.
One person commented on the planning application: “When will Brighton and Hove City Council realise that a large portion of its residents don't actually want the whole of their beach overrun with commercial premises? Presumably never, because it can't make money out of empty space.
“The beach all the way from the Palace Pier to Hove Lawns has been completely 'urbanised'.
“There's concrete everywhere. The only tiny stretch that has retained any charm is the Fishing Quarter.
“Now there will be another huge bricks and mortar café that is twice the size of the existing wooden one, with metal shutters that will undoubtedly become covered with tags.”
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Another person hit out against the design of the new shutters on the café which includes images of seagulls and the sea.
“They are a modern blight on the high street and invite graffiti and tagging and make an area look intimidating and unwelcome at night,” they said.
“The rest of the project I wholeheartedly approve of but the external shutters ruin it for me.”
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