A level field trip to Wales and Liverpool 2002 Regeneration

Regeneration

Inspired by the idea that Liverpool offers many opportunities to study a dynamic city centre, and inspired by Janet Speake and Vivien Fox's Regenerating City Centres (Geographical Association ISBN 1-903448-29-8) we spent an afternoon looking at the regeneration of the fringes of the CBD. Visiting the Albert Dock immediately opposite the Youth Hostel, we noted the variety of retail and industrial developments, and saw evidence of heritagisation.

Super lamb banana
As usual, opinions were divided by this sculpture (although no one got on top of it this year)

Super Lamb Banana opposite the Albert Dock is evidence of a cultural approach to regeneration. The Tate Gallery, is another example.
Old buidings such as the Pum pHouse are sympathetically restored, while the Granada TV studio, and Swiss Life and the exclusive retail shops such as Tthe Room Store contribute to the diversity of the Albert Dock.

But is the redevelopment an unqualified success? How many jobs were created for local working class people?

Some feel that in order to thrive the Albert Dock needs better infrastructure and a link to the city centre by a tram (Daily Post 26/4/02)

Some students chose to write poems about the regeneration of the dock:

Naomi's poem Abdullahi's poem	Charles's poem David's poem

We also visited the Bullring:

Formerly this was an award winning 1950's slum clearance scheme, built on the site of an old slaughter house. The design flaws of the project became apparent 20 years later as the area descended into decline and the surrounding estate was again demolished.
This time Liverpool University came to the rescue, restoring the remaining listed buildings to create very desirable student accomodation.