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By *reyya OP Man
over a year ago
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Bulldoze the high street and build a giant park: is Stockton the future of Britain?
New-look north-east … design proposals for Stockton’s waterfront
What do you do when M&S, Debenhams and New Look are all gone? Knock down the shopping centre and replace it with a riverside oasis. Could the ‘visionary’ plan of Stockton-on-Tees spark a revolution?
The above was recently reported in the Guardian.
The virus that caused the lockdown which in turn caused a lack of footfall in the High Street in Stockton. Stockton council which recently built a new hotel just off the High Street has decided knock a huge swathe of the High Street down and make it into parkland. Presumably a victim of the virus. |
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over a year ago
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Not the virus fault at all , all the shops you mention have been struggling for years , Marks have only there food business to thank them from not going under , Debenhams again never moved with the times and were struggling for years , but guess if people want to shop online , we won’t have any high streets left |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The Chinese will buy the rest of it like they own quite abit of London already
10% in Heathrow and they own
Sunseeker boats
National grid
Henleys toys
Themes water
The list goes on an on |
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"The Chinese will buy the rest of it like they own quite abit of London already
10% in Heathrow and they own
Sunseeker boats
National grid
Henleys toys
Themes water
The list goes on an on"
The French own a fare bit the UK banks won't invest in the UK even Dyson went abrourd as could not get investment |
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Sadly alot of the high streets around the country will eventually disappear.
As already said alot were struggling before the pandemic and the online option has been the main cause.
Parks are not a bad option. The land reclaiming what was once there.
Something we'll have to get used to. |
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"Sadly alot of the high streets around the country will eventually disappear.
As already said alot were struggling before the pandemic and the online option has been the main cause.
Parks are not a bad option. The land reclaiming what was once there.
Something we'll have to get used to."
Why is it sad? The high streets around here have been dying for years. The high streets themselves have few shops left. The councils have allowed town centre shopping centres to be built, which then filled with identikit chain shops mostly selling fast fashion. These have never been of any interest at all to us.
Now half of these have closed both the high street and the shopping centres are dead. With big out of town landlords such as Intu also in trouble, we can only hope they go bust as well so monstrosities such as the Trafford Centre won't survive. This may allow a re-boot of town centres into pleasant places with local niche / boutique retail and more open green space. Most mass produced stuff will be bought online. |
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"Sadly alot of the high streets around the country will eventually disappear.
As already said alot were struggling before the pandemic and the online option has been the main cause.
Parks are not a bad option. The land reclaiming what was once there.
Something we'll have to get used to.
Why is it sad? The high streets around here have been dying for years. The high streets themselves have few shops left. The councils have allowed town centre shopping centres to be built, which then filled with identikit chain shops mostly selling fast fashion. These have never been of any interest at all to us.
Now half of these have closed both the high street and the shopping centres are dead. With big out of town landlords such as Intu also in trouble, we can only hope they go bust as well so monstrosities such as the Trafford Centre won't survive. This may allow a re-boot of town centres into pleasant places with local niche / boutique retail and more open green space. Most mass produced stuff will be bought online."
Agreed... there’s already a growing number of independents and markets being created in areas where it’s actually pleasant to to shop outside. The avenues in nottingham is an example, even during lockdown it’s extremely busy and growing |
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Our town and city centres have infrastructures developed over centuries, including public transport hubs, such as railway stations. We should aim to reduce our Carbon footprint, including by increased use of public transport, greater plant coverage etc, which will mean many more trees and plants planted, or not cropped to oblivion. Grassed areas can be mown less and planted with wildflowers.
Due to the huge environmental cost of building, we should be aiming to maximise what we've already invested in and thus demolitions only as a possible last resort. Gaining the benefits of the current infrastructure is ideal, with multiple uses for it blended. Local authorities have had many £billions cut from their budgets, so developers often have too much influence and say in what happens. Ut should be the local community and town centres are still essential for many parts of the population, including those who have no internet, vehicles and we should not overlook the value of different parts of society being brought together. With the loss of investment in many public services, some adaptations could potentially be brought into town centres, to sustain hubs in community services.
Definitely authorities need to increase biodiversity and greening and the huge value to human well-being from nature needs to be gained from. |
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"Bulldoze the high street and build a giant park: is Stockton the future of Britain?
New-look north-east … design proposals for Stockton’s waterfront
What do you do when M&S, Debenhams and New Look are all gone? Knock down the shopping centre and replace it with a riverside oasis. Could the ‘visionary’ plan of Stockton-on-Tees spark a revolution?
The above was recently reported in the Guardian.
The virus that caused the lockdown which in turn caused a lack of footfall in the High Street in Stockton. Stockton council which recently built a new hotel just off the High Street has decided knock a huge swathe of the High Street down and make it into parkland. Presumably a victim of the virus. "
Yes presumably.. After all, we can blame the virus for all our "ills" for the last 20 years. Bloated corporate structures, inflated high Street rents and local authority punishing business rates, consumers choosing to buy online rather than set foot in poorly located shops with no high street parking out dated department stores, poorly trained and unfriendly staff on minimum wage... Bloody virus gets everywhere. |
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By *anesjhCouple
over a year ago
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"Bulldoze the high street and build a giant park: is Stockton the future of Britain?
New-look north-east … design proposals for Stockton’s waterfront
What do you do when M&S, Debenhams and New Look are all gone? Knock down the shopping centre and replace it with a riverside oasis. Could the ‘visionary’ plan of Stockton-on-Tees spark a revolution?
The above was recently reported in the Guardian.
The virus that caused the lockdown which in turn caused a lack of footfall in the High Street in Stockton. Stockton council which recently built a new hotel just off the High Street has decided knock a huge swathe of the High Street down and make it into parkland. Presumably a victim of the virus.
Yes presumably.. After all, we can blame the virus for all our "ills" for the last 20 years. Bloated corporate structures, inflated high Street rents and local authority punishing business rates, consumers choosing to buy online rather than set foot in poorly located shops with no high street parking out dated department stores, poorly trained and unfriendly staff on minimum wage... Bloody virus gets everywhere. "
Spot on. |
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