-
Recent Posts
Archives
Categories
- art (2)
- books (17)
- local history (16)
- Mythologies (5)
- planning (4)
- psychogeography (7)
- research (13)
- theory (2)
- Uncategorized (1)
- urbex (14)
Meta
Category Archives: planning
Gateshead’s Unbuilt Airport
It’s hard to imagine the North East’s international airport being anywhere other than Newcastle. It is, after all, the largest city in the region and has strong business, transport and financial links. But the location of the airport was not … Continue reading
Planning for Destruction After the Death of Coal in County Durham
The English village brings to mind images of luscious rolling fields, beautiful stone built cottages with thatched roofs and winding country roads. These are the places words like ‘genteel’, ‘quaint’ and ‘idyllic’ were made for. Travel companies lure weary city-dwellers … Continue reading
Newcastle’s Skywalks
When T. Dan Smith took over the reigns as head of Newcastle City Council in 1959 he became one of the first local leaders in the United Kingdom to recognise the importance of urban planning in coping with the bundle … Continue reading
Secret Architecture of the Tyne & Wear Metro
I was fascinated when I first read Geoff Manaugh’s post about New York City’s fake house. 58 Joralemon Street in Brooklyn has all of the appearances of a Greek revival townhouse but is in fact an elaborate façade for a … Continue reading