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Tealeaf · 10-10-2006, 16:29

I would have thought that if the overall context of this students study was that of opposition to regeneration schemes in certain north west towns, than Accy is no exception. In Liverpool, Darwen, Nelson and Hyndburn there has been huge opposition to Prescott's scheme to demolish large swathes of Victorian housing stock.

The debate that we all had over the Panopticon is a completely seperate issue which rested upon the choice of design (lets face it, they were all rubbish) and the suitability of location. The Coppice was, and is, simply the wrong place to dump a large structure.

There was never, nor has there ever been any argument about the need to rejuvenate certain parts of the town, nor about a bit more art around the place. It has simply been about bureaucratic misjudgements and cock-ups.

10-10-2006, 16:29	#12
Tealeaf God Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Paradise Lost Posts: 7,220 Liked: 11 times Rep Power: 4266	Re: The Internet and Politics? I would have thought that if the overall context of this students study was that of opposition to regeneration schemes in certain north west towns, than Accy is no exception. In Liverpool, Darwen, Nelson and Hyndburn there has been huge opposition to Prescott's scheme to demolish large swathes of Victorian housing stock. The debate that we all had over the Panopticon is a completely seperate issue which rested upon the choice of design (lets face it, they were all rubbish) and the suitability of location. The Coppice was, and is, simply the wrong place to dump a large structure. There was never, nor has there ever been any argument about the need to rejuvenate certain parts of the town, nor about a bit more art around the place. It has simply been about bureaucratic misjudgements and cock-ups.