Downtown
Organisation,
46 Rodney Street
Liverpool L1 9AA UK
An independent, non-political organisation, working towards the creation
of an exhilarating, metropolitan, 21st century Liverpool
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Feb 22 2005
Liverpool eDigest
Hello
Downtowners,
Welcome to your 25TH edition of the downtown digest.
There are currently some major developments taking place that could have
a profound effect on downtown's future: principally the thinking behind
the current (anti)Tall Buildings Policy that
is currently out for consultation until the 4th March. We outline this
and others below so forgive us a little negativity and forthrightness
this once.
The psychoanalysts certainly have a point about January being a depressing
month - thank God that it's over and we can move into friendly February!
This is the only thing with any logic we can think of to account for the
crazy recent planning decisions - how much ongoing rate income
has that lost LCC? To say nothing about reputations.
Please stand up and be counted as proposals
being made will genuinely stymie the chances of Liverpool really taking
off. See the piece below and remember that in reality the journey to downtown
revival has only just begun - let's not kill it off before we reach a
critical mass.
TALL
BUILDINGS SPECIAL
Brunswick
Quay credit: Ian Simpson Architects |
Beetham
West Tower
 credit: Uniform.net |
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Have Your
Say
Downtown Liverpool does not support Tall Buildings in every case, nor
on issues of aesthetics alone. But we DO support investment in the city
from quality development consortia and quality architects.
We also recognize the prestige value of signature schemes, the historical
appropriateness in Liverpool of building big and the effect on civic pride
major buildings have and the unique contribution tall buildings have on
maximising urban activity. Visit our website for a more
in-depth article on this.
Have you too felt angry at decisions such as these? Have you seen
the 51 story Manchester Hilton currently on-site?
The City's proposed Tall
Buildings Policy is out for consultation until the 4th March
- so have your say.
And remember - the future development of Liverpool should not be predicated
on the view of its skyline from Birkenhead..
EMAIL Development
Control here with your comments.
Please be polite, and include your full name, address
and the name of your organisation.
5th-12th June 2005
More to downtown than just shops and clubs
Our two cathedrals host plenty of social and cultural initiatives and support groups to give an example. The Anglican Cathedral is applying for funds to help it widen its remit further, whilst the Metropolitan Cathedral held the city-region's Civic mass last month. Both have plenty of choir groups and other amenity facilities to get involved with.
Metropolis
LJLA
are bidding for direct flights to New York City from Liverpool
Could this be the first murmerings of an enterprise approach instead
of nobbling our own economy by kowtowing to Ringway? Let's hope so!
National/International
A skyline to make us proud
Liverpool is part of an international community of cities - we have aspirations
to rejoin the community of internationally significant cities of commerce
and culture. Cities are thriving or reviving the WORLD OVER.
The
Poll
In the last edition we asked:
" Are you For or Against the extension of licensing hours downtown
to extend to 24h?"
Responses:
82% FOR
18%
AGAINST
Thank you to all subscribers who voted.
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