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@gomedia91
Usually posting about Cardiff and Urbanism
Cardiff, Wales Katılım Temmuz 2019
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If you want a permit to park a car in Cardiff - £35 for the year.
If you want to securely store a bike in Cardiff - £120 for the year.
As far as I can tell, the most expensive cycle hangar scheme in the entire UK!
For comparison; Bristol £55, Bath £60, S. Gloucestershire £72
Why?
Cardiff Council@cardiffcouncil
New secure Bikehangars are being installed across Cardiff. 17 hangars – each holding 6 bikes – will be added to residential streets in Canton, Riverside, Plasnewydd, Cathays and Splott this month, making cycling easier and more secure. More here: orlo.uk/Yd1Ko
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The city centre car park has had its day. There is now a significant opportunity to put the land previously used for car parking to much more productive use.
Land that could be used for tens of thousands of homes in city centres.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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A chance to rethink this business model.
Perhaps start by selling off some of these overpriced, cramped, dirty, waste of space city centre car parks and turn them into something useful. Westgate St especially.
We have much better, modern, multistorey car parks elsewhere.
BBC News (UK)@BBCNews
Car park firm NCP collapses with nearly 700 jobs at risk bbc.in/4lwmh75
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Michigan Central Station Renovation - Before and After.
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@gomedia91 Not the clearest pic as it was dark but unfortunately another victim of foam block render
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🚨NEW: Almost 60% of all eligible homes in South Tottenham have extended upward and added more bedrooms.
The same area can now adequately house over 1,000 more people but without any drastic changes – and all driven by local people! 🏘️
✍️Our new article ‘Upward extensions: making our cities fit for families’ sets out how this happened.
An example before vs after📸
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@ceritheviking I believe so. Contractor has been appointed. constructionenquirer.com/2025/02/12/gol…
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- "New" County Hall that looks like a Premier Inn - £50million+
- Renovate "existing" County Hall thats less than 40 years old - £140million+
- Glamorgan County Hall in Cathays Park that was sold off in 1997 to Cardiff University- £5.2million
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County Hall isn't even 40 years old! We need to stop building substandard buildings that can't even make it to "retirement age" + start building with "forever" in mind. But I'm sure the "new" County Hall will follow the same "Fast Fashion" approach & be designed to be demolished.
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County Hall isn't even 40 years old! We need to stop building substandard buildings that can't even make it to "retirement age" + start building with "forever" in mind. But I'm sure the "new" County Hall will follow the same "Fast Fashion" approach & be designed to be demolished.
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A vape shop causing the destruction of a century old landmark building is quite the parable for modern Britain.
Iain Masterton@iain_masterton
Aerial images taken at 5am Monday 9th March of major fire still burning at Central Station in Glasgow city centre. Looks like the fire has been contained.
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@gomedia91 I don’t even know what that building is for. Is it offices? If so, who uses it please?
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I dont think the Zenith building in Cardiff would be as despised if it had been turned so the windows faced out towards the Bay, rather than over the railway line.
The design that was built has it's "back" to most people who pass it. From the railway side its nowhere near as bad.
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@LyndonRosser Raddison isn't *as* bad. The "back" faces the railway at least. And even then, they've put cladding to imply windows.
I assume its to do with temperature, and its worth consideration, but how your building is viewed from the street for the next 50+ years is also very important.
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@gomedia91 It seems a strange decision, but the Radisson hotel nearby is exactly the same. Temperature control?
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@DarrenAldridge I agree with the lettering. Not sure why it's become a thing with student accommodation buildings. Looks terrible.
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@gomedia91 It could have been less hated had they simply omitted the contrasting black cladding on the upper floors and the large “ZENITH” lettering. It’s these cheap and crass attempts to grab attention that turn it from underwhelming to offensive
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AI/Photoshop restoration of Angel Chambers (Castle St side of Angel Hotel)
-Remove paint, restoring to original brick. Declutter street & façade.
-Repair damaged brick + new shopfronts
-Public realm improvements including street trees
- Exterior lighting to highlight architecture
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Construction crews just celebrated topping off a new 17-storey flatiron landmark in Toronto's Liberty Village at 1071 King West. urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/…
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@gomedia91 It was planed years ago and got pulled. I may even have the plans somewhere
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I think Barry would benefit from a new "Central" station at the junction of Holton Rd & Broad St.
Still 3 platforms, but practically in the middle of town on the high street. Combined with a bus interchange & multistorey car park.
Not sure what to do with existing stations tho.
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