On a basic level I'm hoping the cultural regeneration will improve the daily run to the sandwich shop. More importantly, I hope it makes us feel part of an exciting new area of the city. Isn't this what regeneration is about? Something being created again?
In June, the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) put forward a more elegant interpretation of this in a discussion paper on what it calls physical capital. It argues that the huge public investment in new schools and hospitals, as well as private investment in housing and offices, could be maximised by supporting wider public policy goals. For example, promote healthy lifestyles by designing better access to schools for cycling or more staircases rather than lifts.
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