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@gomedia91

Usually posting about Cardiff and Urbanism

 Cardiff, Wales
Joined June 2019
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Some of my favourite lost architecture of Cardiff - 1) Boots Queen St
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I don't really understand why we don't pile housing atop of high street buildings. It's just unused space, and it takes nothing away from anyone to give people the option of living above shops.
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Hadn't checked on this scheme for Bute East Dock in a while. Latest version from July looks very nice. It's a shame The Wharf pub was demolished, it would have worked really well alongside these (26/00631/FUL)
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Very shortsighted to demolish The Wharf. I always liked it. The faux-warehouse look was well done, had a lot of potential for a different use. I'm almost certain they could have built flats in all the unused land/car parks around it without demolishing it.
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In Japan you will often see cafes and small shops with a small triangle shaped entrance cut into the front of the shop. The purpose is to soften the abrupt difference between shop interior and outside street and give customers a sheltered spot to sort out their umbrellas etc. It looks instantly welcoming and intimate. Here is a cozy cafe in Tokyo. The two chairs outside are for customers to wait their turn outside if the cafe is full. This is a tiny example of #GoodUrbanism on narrow streets and making the most of otherwise bland straight shop fronts.
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A 200 space parking lot in NoHo will now be 200 homes. One stored car now equals one home. More of this, please.
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10 YEARS! Poets Corner, City Rd, Cardiff - demolished in August 2016. Left vacant, doing nothing, for over a DECADE. Just one example of a planning system that is not fit for purpose. Developers should not be allowed to just tear up the urban fabric & leave it without consequence
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Better than the previous design I suppose. Still, I think Council should be moving back to the City Centre. Council services should be easily accessible to the highest amount of residents as possible. As close to Central train/bus station as possible.
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@NationCymruAug 16
New images have revealed how a council’s proposed £60m headquarters could look, but the building’s design has drawn criticism from residents wp.me/p8Mk4U-1r6n

Residents criticise council's proposed 'imposing, institutional' headquarters

Kieran Molloy, Local Democracy Reporter New images have emerged of Cardiff Council’s new headquarters in Atlantic Wharf, but not everyone is happy with it. The council’s current headquarters, also in...

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Surely a smaller Welsh Gov building would be better suited to the Bay close to the Senedd? - with Council moving back to Cathays Park occupying part of Crown Buildings? Perhaps moving the Magistrates Court from Adamsdown into the other portion? Much more centralised/accessible.
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In Britain, building a new glass box attracts zero VAT Repairing a historic stone building attracts 20% The tax system has been actively incentivising demolition over restoration since 1994 Every time a developer weighs up whether to repair an old building or knock it down and start again, the government adds 20% to the cost of doing the right thing @createstreets and others have been calling for VAT parity on listed building repairs for years It has not happened yet
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Necesitamos árboles en nuestras ciudades.
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Wellfield Road especially! We had street trees back (albeit in planters) for a few months during covid. But we need permanent trees.
G@gomedia91Aug 13
The heat this summer has solidified the need for A LOT more street trees, especially in built-up terraced areas. Sooner it's done, the sooner we will reap the benefits. Adding kerb build-outs, street by street, would drastically improve walkability, pollution & overall appearance
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The heat this summer has solidified the need for A LOT more street trees, especially in built-up terraced areas. Sooner it's done, the sooner we will reap the benefits. Adding kerb build-outs, street by street, would drastically improve walkability, pollution & overall appearance
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All this money being spent on a new arena in the Bay - yet the roads visitors will use to access it are in a right state! Central Link, Queensgate Roundabout, bridge over the Taff Overgrowth & weeds, litter, fly tipping, graffiti, peeling road signs, old cones & roadwork signs
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Junction of Lochaber & Angus St in Roath. How has this not been made into a pedestrian space yet?!
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"what about parking?!? 😡" Currently junction has to be almost entirely double-yellow lines to ensure clear vehicle sightlines & for pedestrians to cross. ONE car can park in the junction. Pedestrianising would remove the need for those things - so you could actually GAIN parking
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-Residents w/ cars get more parking -Residents w/o cars get safer walking/cycling route to/from the park -All residents benefit from rat-run being closed off, much needed street trees & community space -Businesses benefit from new outdoor space & parking for customers Win/win.
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The Wales Act 1978 proposed the Welsh Assembly (now Senedd) would have been housed at The Coal Exchange on Mount Stuart Square. As the 1979 Welsh devolution referendum was defeated, that never happened.
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I do like the modern, purpose-built Senedd we got - but it's incredibly sad to see the Coal Exchange left by the wayside. At one point considered important enough to house the Welsh Parliament - now on the brink of collapse in parts!
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Some of the less remarkable, dilapidated buildings can either be completely replaced or have an entirely new facade - modern, but still designed to compliment it's neighbours in terms of materials, symmetry, proportions etc.
G@gomedia91Jul 24
Another Castle St eyesore -Remove redundant chimneys, reroof, add lost dormers -Based on remnants, fix facade ruined by bad alterations -Restore shopfronts + create replica of the round bay window shopfront on right -Proper front door & traditional windows -Clean & paint -Trees!!
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Another Castle St eyesore -Remove redundant chimneys, reroof, add lost dormers -Based on remnants, fix facade ruined by bad alterations -Restore shopfronts + create replica of the round bay window shopfront on right -Proper front door & traditional windows -Clean & paint -Trees!!
G@gomedia91Jul 18
Work ongoing on Castle Street, but the majority of the buildings along the street are in a terrible state. Dirty, peeling, cheap shopfronts, bad repairs & alterations - to otherwise handsome buildings outside one of our biggest attractions. Needs regeneration (and street trees!)
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