Hi again
Just to let you know that the re-scheduled celebration of the new 'public realm' works etc is now definitely Sunday 17 September. If anyone wants to offer something (an act, idea, whatever) and has not yet done so, could you please let Gavin Sharp at the Phil (210 2895) know by the end of this week, latest?
I first came to Hope Street in 1971, so I do agree it's changed.... until recently, getting less presentable and perhaps rather impersonal. We're trying to give it back that slightly Bohemian feel which many people find attractive, but making it safer and cleaner at the same time. (Not to mention the economic regeneration which can go with that, through better local businesses, more jobs, more graduate retention etc!)
I remember Adrian Henri, Margaret Simey, Graham Frood, many famous musicians and actors, all sorts of fascinating people - and these types of folk still come, so we really do have to make the most of what we've got. It's a genuinely unique place (something I explore in the 'Hope Street' thread on my website if anyone's interested to join that discussion: www.hilaryburrage.com).
It's a fine line to balance for the public realm, between looking a little rustic / olde worlde - nothing wrong with that in the appropriate place - and making the best of the modern assets we have in the area. We've treid very hard to keep the best of what was there already, and enhance it with suitable new materials, ideas etc. This really is a chance to make something of a special part of Liverpool, to the benefit of everyone in the city.
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There have been a couple of pieces in the Post & Echo in the past week or so, which also try to explain what all this is about, if anyone wants to read them.
Look forward to seeing everyone on 17 September. Put it in your diaries now....!!
Best wishes as ever,
Hilary
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