Summary
The best ideas in urban regeneration are often ludicrously simple.
Whoever first thought of placing a large park at the centre of Birmingham Eastside deserves an award for sound common-sense thinking. While there have been many other suggestions for high- rise development of varying quality, most of which cannot be paid for and are unlikely to be built, there is something reassuringly solid, dependable and long lasting about a park. Not only can the Eastside park set the standard for European city living, it will also provide a welcome green lung linking Birmingham city centre with historic Dig-beth.See the full content of this document
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It ought also to be pointed out that the decision six years ago to reserve eight acres on the...
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