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It wasn't saying, "come here, this is what it is all about". It was saying things are happening and something good may come of it. It also had the tone of, "can they do it, once the hype has died down?" Changing from a largely working class culture, with a very poor image, to sophisticated middle class? It is happening and more top rated apartments need be built - and get the LibDems off the council as they would turn down another Brunswick Quay Tower.
Brunswick was called in - effectively taking the decision awa from council. The subsequent central government recommendation was for refusal. In truth, the scheme did little for the area and demonstrated an almost wilful determination to stand alone. The architecture was moribund and lacked any reference to its location - like all Simpson's designs it could have been anywhere (and indeed it turned up later, slightly revised on the South Bank).
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Studio Egret West have started a much more responsive scheme which responds to the sense of place. It has echoes of grain silos and the port. It is lower and has some active edge at ground level. It has a better mix of residential units with more scope for a wider ranger of buyers. It works with the city's history, not against it.
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