Expansion isn`t thining out.....it`s density.
Tony Sebo said:
Nobody has mentioned how shit and anti social these streets are once the shops have shut!
I would depedestrianise all the main streets if I had may way... city's are about permeabiltyi and connectivity, not poncing round looking at the flooring...but!
This will never happen, so my other solution is to have time limited traffic restrictions. I think Martin has rasied this also. This way you could actually have an even bigger area closed to traffic during the day, but after 6, say, you open them up to everything....even when the shops open late the crowds are not as intense as during the day... and there is also the issue of why Church St is so crowded... it's currently the ONLY place to go. When L1 opens up the crowds should thin a bit.
having this sort of system would allow other uses to be introduced into the district of an evening and on into the night.
Sorry Tony,
Church Street - Lord Street - Whitechapel-ish works better as a pedestrianiased area.
Trams hopefully and certainly `Merseyrail` expansion.
Cars on the perifary.
and better `place scape / street scape` aka `Ribbons of life`.....
"there is also the issue of why Church St is so crowded... it's currently the ONLY place to go. When L1 opens up the crowds should thin a bit."
That doesn`t sound like good urbanism.....and `Church Street` is not the only place to go either.....
That is the whole point of `Cavern Walks`, `Clayton Square`, `Albert Dock`, Bold Street`,`Lord Street`, `Met Quarter`,`Stanley Dock - Camden 2` and even `St Johns` and `Central Station` and `Queens Square`, `London Road` etc.
`L1` will merely expand on what should have been and consolidate what is and will be.
Key Facts
42 acres, 40 individually designed buildings, 6 districts, over 1.6 million square feet of shopping
Site area
42.5 acres 17 ha
Total development
234,000 m2 2.5m ft2
Retail
154,000 m2 1.65m ft2
Leisure
21,500 m2 230,000 ft2
Residential
600 units
Car parking
3000 (of which 2100 are new)
Open space
2.2 ha
Department store 1(John Lewis)
22,300 m2 240,000 ft2
Department store 2(Debenhams)
17,200 m2 185,000 ft2
Hotel 1 (landmark)
270 rooms
Hotel 2 (budget)
107 rooms
Permanent jobs
4,400
Construction jobs
3,300
Construction costs and fees
£500 million
Investment value
Completion Date
£920 million
2008
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