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   Aye, don't let my inner-city post skew, it does show a distinct lack of greenery but Sheffield does have more trees per person than any other city in Europe, 4.5 million.

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Double 0 Soul Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List whiskered anonymous Joined: 14 Feb 2013 Location: Yonder Status: Offline Points: 42996	Post Options Post Reply Quote Double 0 Soul Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: 02 Nov 2018 at 10:55am
	Aye, don't let my inner-city post skew, it does show a distinct lack of greenery but Sheffield does have more trees per person than any other city in Europe, 4.5 million.

HP Sauce Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List whiskered anonymous Joined: 15 Jan 2017 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 4940	Post Options Post Reply Quote HP Sauce Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: 02 Nov 2018 at 5:50am
	That's better, Bartleby. At some point, I will attempt to use my new camera to show you the little beasties who wave to me from the forest in our backyard. Hint: they wear little robber masks and are rumoured to be running in several local municipal elections to formally confirm that they run the show anyway.
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bartlebyyphonics Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List whiskered Joined: 08 Jun 2017 Status: Offline Points: 3724	Post Options Post Reply Quote bartlebyyphonics Report Post Thanks(3) Quote Reply Posted: 02 Nov 2018 at 5:39am
	OK OK we have nice parks too... eye cleansing of the gritz big green spaces remain around areas like charlton [oh, but don't worry... https://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/property-news/surprisingly-close-to-canary-wharf-south-london-hotspot-charlton-is-full-of-untapped-potential-a117896.html ] but also even in zone 2 lots of trees and pastoral-experience-zones (formally known as parks) can be found if you want a Romantic framing of refrance... + a bonus urban squirrel for jollies [begging for nuts or iphones]

HP Sauce Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List whiskered anonymous Joined: 15 Jan 2017 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 4940	Post Options Post Reply Quote HP Sauce Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 Nov 2018 at 5:05am
	Fellas, where's the green? Where's the pleasant? The only hint of floral exuberance on this page seems to come from 00's snap of the bullied little Kelham Tavern. Quite right, this is heartless and mindless development.
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bartlebyyphonics Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List whiskered Joined: 08 Jun 2017 Status: Offline Points: 3724	Post Options Post Reply Quote bartlebyyphonics Report Post Thanks(2) Quote Reply Posted: 02 Nov 2018 at 1:32am
	nice post indeed double O: you win the deed to the internet right back less extensive, but showing the ubiquity of said blocks that seem to be exponentially expanding surrounding the weird waiting booth where my sub-par fit pix are made (on a station platform awaiting a train swap) more cubes grow on the sites of post-industry... from one form of container to another... [edit: to give context; this is a stretch of rochester and chatham's long un-used riverside once home to docks and the like now becoming riverside apartments... check the council link: a whole 25% of this allowed to affordable housing in one of the most deprived areas of the south east; very generous... https://www.medway.gov.uk/info/200177/regeneration/461/rochester_riverside ] Edited by bartlebyyphonics - 02 Nov 2018 at 3:09am

Duke Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List whiskered Joined: 24 Oct 2018 Location: On the cludgie Status: Offline Points: 5511	Post Options Post Reply Quote Duke Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Nov 2018 at 12:16am
	I can see the good and bad to these city developments but, for me, one of the saddest parts is how ambivalent the designs are. Many of those shots could be taken in any city in the UK That aside, great post that tells more of your story.

Double 0 Soul Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List whiskered anonymous Joined: 14 Feb 2013 Location: Yonder Status: Offline Points: 42996	Post Options Post Reply Quote Double 0 Soul Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 Oct 2018 at 11:38pm
	Thanks Martin Its hard to imagine how some of the 'artisan' hipster joints at Kelham Island make a living but the puppet masters in this whole charade are developers like West One who bought up the industrial buildings (with cash from the flats which they built on West St, i assume so they didn't have to pay tax on the profits) for next to nowt after the decline/outsourcing of the 00's, tart them up and offer them to hipsters for a massively reduced rent on a short term lease, the hipsters bring in the middle classes/money then after 12months they get a rent hike which if successful in their business they pay to extend the lease, if not they move out, It lifts the area and WestOne's portfolio increases in value, its inevitable that the chains will move in when the hipsters can't afford the rent. Its the same with the flats, non of them are privately owned they're all owned by letting agencies/Chinese investors but even those built 10 years ago are already showing signs of neglect i don't think the Velocity building has ever had the windows cleaned..but hey, there's a brand new shiny glass cube just around the corner. The 'art deco' factory (Record Ridgway) has been abandoned for years, (there used to be raves in there) because some London solicitors bought the 100 year lease to the land 10 years ago so the building will revert to their ownership in the coming months.

Maynard Fried-San Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List whiskered anonymous Joined: 21 Jan 2012 Location: Londinium Status: Offline Points: 17210	Post Options Post Reply Quote Maynard Fried-San Report Post Thanks(2) Quote Reply Posted: 31 Oct 2018 at 3:03pm
	Very good post Neal. I think you’d like my undergraduate dissertation on the gentrification of a staunchly working-class riverside area of East London through the re-purposing of former industrial buildings (warehouses) into residential spaces, which I wrote in 1989!
	Helixing my inner beanie

Double 0 Soul Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List whiskered anonymous Joined: 14 Feb 2013 Location: Yonder Status: Offline Points: 42996	Post Options Post Reply Quote Double 0 Soul Report Post Thanks(8) Quote Reply Posted: 31 Oct 2018 at 2:22pm
	. Edited by Double 0 Soul - 28 Oct 2019 at 1:37am
	I'll endorse anything for cash

smoothsailor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List whiskered anonymous Joined: 25 Mar 2013 Location: groningen Status: Offline Points: 11009	Post Options Post Reply Quote smoothsailor Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: 29 Oct 2018 at 10:57am
	nice town Duke
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