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Adaptive urban planning: Barcelona towards 2035
4+ hour, 55+ min ago (668+ words) Barcelona is a consolidated city. Seen from the air, it could seem like a completed city, with no room for new transformations. However, as pointed out by Bernardo Secchi, an Italian urban planner and thinker of the contemporary city, "the…...
Comparing Cardiff to what it was forecasted to look like exactly 10 years ago
4+ hour ago (1532+ words) There were plans to create a new "Box City" but they were never followed through(Image: EllisWilliams Architects) Ten years ago Wales was basking in the football team's impressive run to the semi-finals of the European championships, people were still…...
Developers planned a city of 30,000 people in the hills directly across the Golden Gate from San Francisco, with 50 apartment towers, hundreds of homes, a shopping mall and a luxury hotel — the project collapsed in court, and its planned main boulevard is now a hiking trail through the Marin Headlands
8+ hour, 41+ min ago (877+ words) A visionary developer's plan to build a gleaming metropolis across from San Francisco seemed unstoppable—until grassroots activists turned it into a ghost town that never was. Published September 13, 2026 · How we edit Two Spanish-tiled stucco gateposts once stood at the…...
Plans to expand Surrey Hills submitted to government
6+ hour, 19+ min ago (321+ words) Proposals to expand the Surrey Hills National Landscape have been submitted to the government. The plans by Natural England would see an additional 50 square miles (129 square km) of land added to the area of outstanding natural beauty, increasing the current…...
Carved into history: preserving uncomfortable heritage — Greater Govanhill
18+ hour, 56+ min ago (824+ words) When we think of an archive, we often picture filing cabinets, rows of shelves and dusty tomes. So when a visitor to Govanhill Baths wrote “Tom Roberts 1985” on the back of a door, they could never have expected their graffiti…...
From the Archives: Jackson Ward in the 1970s and 1980s
23+ hour, 56+ min ago (1594+ words) A look back at one of Richmond’s most historic neighborhoods in the 1970s and 80s. 12-14-1976: Jackson Ward from above 08-27-1980 (cutline): Goddin-Taylor House is one of the oldest in Jackson Ward 05-13-1978 (cutline): 100 block of West Clay Street is key factor in restoration of…...
‘I have fears for heritage centre if it has to move one day’
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (338+ words) In his weekly column, Hunstanton writer John Maiden discusses the town’s much-loved heritage centre… Once again, I am full of praise for 'Your Local Paper' - sister paper to the Lynn News- the first three pages of last Wednesday’s paper provided…...
The tiny village that’s constantly overlooked by its larger neighbours
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (290+ words) St Mary the Virgin church in Tilty, near Dunmow, Essex(Image: Google Street View) Essex is home to some stunning rural villages dotted around the county. Each of them come with their own personalities and history, but some are more…...
Built to be Passed Down
19+ hour, 57+ min ago (813+ words) There are some businesses with such a sense of place that you think of them less for the service they provide and more for the experience of being there. Usually, they’re resorts, restaurants or spas. On Snead Island, it’s a…...
Work starts to restore historic Cornwall coastal defence battery
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (390+ words) Work has begun to restore a historic, granite-built military fort with hopes to open it up to the public. The work on the Grade II listed Garden Battery at Mount Edgcumbe in Cornwall, which dates back to 1862, was announced in…...