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Utopias that work: How to create tomorrow’s garden city
An aerial vision of how Oxford might grow according to Urbed’s Garden City vision
Winner of the Wolfson Economics Prize for their vision of a 21st century garden city, Urbed’s Nicholas Falk talks through his winning entry and urges new garden cities to capture the ‘common wealth’ for local good
Winner of the Wolfson Economics Prize for their vision of a 21st century garden city, Urbed’s Nicholas Falk talks through his winning entry and urges new garden cities to capture the ‘common wealth’ for local good
A conference in Letchworth Garden City, like the event on Common Good Placemaking held in early September, inevitably creates a positive feeling that through common or shared efforts anything is possible. Yet the reality of Letchworth, and subsequent failed attempts, is that good intentions are not enough to create a utopia in a market driven world.
Ideas for change: How football can boost local resilience
Regeneration-by-football is usually a failure. Here are some other ideas for how clubs can help their communities.
I’m writing this on the way back from Liverpool’s pre-season friendly against Borussia Dortmund. The new-look Liverpool didn’t seem to miss Luis Suarez too much as the Red men harassed and harried their way to a 4-0 victory in the early August sunshine.
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