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    Banastre aye? I live on Leeds Street, at at the...

    Banastre aye? I live on Leeds Street, at at the Scotland Road end, and I know from old maps that Leeds Street used to stop at Vauxhall Road and the street over which Leeds Street was extended when it...
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    Banastre aye? I live on Leeds Street, at at the...

    Banastre aye? I live on Leeds Street, at at the Scotland Road end, and I know from old maps that Leeds Street used to stop at Vauxhall Road and the street over which Leeds Street was extended when it...
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    there's a book out called Street Names of the...

    there's a book out called Street Names of the City of Liverpool you might be interested in.

    Tarleton Street is worth a mention, it was named after a local commander in the British Army who fought...
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    there's a book out called Street Names of the...

    there's a book out called Street Names of the City of Liverpool you might be interested in.

    Tarleton Street is worth a mention, it was named after a local commander in the British Army who fought...
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    I'm starting a photographic study of art-deco in...

    I'm starting a photographic study of art-deco in Liverpool, there's a lot of crossover between it and neo-classical too... look at the building on Church Street being made into Keys Court, or Primark...
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    How about we call them McGough and Henri (I know,...

    How about we call them McGough and Henri (I know, McGough isn't dead) or Jay and Silent Bob... those would be awesome names for towers.
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    I'm still concerned about the disappearance of...

    I'm still concerned about the disappearance of the shops on Newington. I'm not against, big towers, flats for the wealthy and globalised architecture per se. But I am against the conspiracy of big...
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    It's reading between the lines of the rhetoric...

    It's reading between the lines of the rhetoric that goes along with the scheme that worries me 'revitalise the Bold Street area'... now correct me if I'm wrong but if there's one thing Bold Street...
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    They could do with some kind of banners / paint...

    They could do with some kind of banners / paint job on the back of the Municipal buildings... there used to be an annexe in this spot but it was bombed in the war... in my opinion they should turn it...
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    Your argument is starting to get aggressive...

    Your argument is starting to get aggressive waterways. I've said already that this is a discussion of politics and it is best not to get into it on this forum.

    You just don't stop saying... read...
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    I understand that it is your point of view that...

    I understand that it is your point of view that in a world where regulations are relaxed, all the people free from them will start collectively acting in society's best interests...

    but I disagree...
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    Well very little of what you've said in it isn't...

    Well very little of what you've said in it isn't propaganda. No mention of the lack of land caused by developer landbanking, no mention of the lack of affordable properties caused by developer...
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    But you can't always have what you want... I've...

    But you can't always have what you want... I've always thought it a little suspect to base things purely on what market research shows that people want.

    Firstly... can all those people who want a...
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    The thing is, while I concede that it probably is...

    The thing is, while I concede that it probably is more cost-effective to demolish historic houses such as those on Edge Lane and build anew than it is to refurbish them, since when does...
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    Looks alright... but they are knocking down the...

    Looks alright... but they are knocking down the Newington Buildings for the sake of a few yuppies and a MacDonald's or something like that. Can they not design it so that the essential bohemian and...
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    Good news that Central Village is getting the go...

    Good news that Central Village is getting the go - ahead, but I worry about the effect the overwhelmingly capitalist-and-consumerist-in-character scheme will have on the more bohemian and small scale...
  17. Sticky: The North Corporation Primary School (Bevington...

    The North Corporation Primary School (Bevington Bush, Vauxhall) which you describe as Grade II listed was delisted in 2004 and demolished soon after. The land is currently wasteland although a wall...
  18. You can't disagree with me not liking...

    You can't disagree with me not liking deconstructivism, it's my own opinion.
  19. I wasn't a massive fan of Brunswick Key... but...

    I wasn't a massive fan of Brunswick Key... but then I'm not a massive fan of deconstructivism. I have seen it done well on a small scale where an streetscape with a strong context will be totally...
  20. Indeed... that's something I have seen still...

    Indeed... that's something I have seen still going on in certain peripheral authorities in the northwest... Councils pursuing a policy (against the advice of their planning departments) of dropping...
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    as well as the fact that residents are being...

    as well as the fact that residents are being shafted and given pittance for their homes. There is the fact that there are some beautiful houses along Edge Lane which will be demolished and replaced...
  22. We have the three graces, true, but we should...

    We have the three graces, true, but we should have something exemplary and modern too. And as for the sameness of what's being built... it might be the style of the time, but it's much more uniform...
  23. Well like I said I don't like the dual...

    Well like I said I don't like the dual carriageways from a functional/transport point of view... just the elegance of the flyovers as they cross Byrom Street. I walk under them twice a day and I love...
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    lol.
  25. that'll be nice... so long as you don't have to...

    that'll be nice... so long as you don't have to pay £200 just to get in.
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