Brighton and Hove's seafront was in a sorry state up until ten years ago when work started on reviving the Lower Promenade between the piers.

Now there are plans to regenerate the marina with bold new buildings and to create a leisure scheme on the vacant Black Rock site.

Madeira Drive is to be spruced up along with Peter Pan's Playground and, last week, plans were approved to restore the West Pier.

Now we have news that Embassy Court, the Art Deco block on the border of Brighton and Hove, could be renovated.

At the same time, three world-class architects announced their plans for the King Alfred site in Hove.

A legal decision over Embassy Court means that lessees can start carrying out repairs to flats in the crumbling block.

There is a long way to go but the ruling could lead eventually to this wonderful building being restored and, once again, providing decent homes for scores of people.

Many residents will not like plans produced for the King Alfred site, saying they are too big and brash.

But the three proposals each show imaginative ways of building a new £25 million sports centre and producing a landmark development of flats on the site.

None of the schemes is the last word on the site and many adjustments will have to be made before any of them become reality.

We have the opportunity to bring the city into the 21st Century - let's not waste it.