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Is the City of Leicester a dump?

By davieG, in General Chat

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Damn it Ken! Stop ruining our historic quarter! :D

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Wymsey

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Haven't seen as many boarded-up fronts/'closed' signs on Melton Road than anywhere else in Leicester.

 

There's too much of the same business there, if that makes sense.

 

But still got decent curry places, such as the 'Curry Pot'.

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and..........

It was just a nice place to sit. It was near the entrance to the college. It was better than sitting inside to eat sarnies.

Just old memories.

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Christ, what an absolute abomination.

Not sure I agree with that - isn't it a listed building? I actually think its one of the few 1960s buildigns in the city  with some architectural class

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It could well end up housing the artifacts from the Newarke Museum which the DMU want to buy, Souls by seems to be warm to the idea.

I hope it doesn't happen because half the pleasure of the Newarke Museum is the buildiing.

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good write up but I feel as if they didn't get to walk by any of the numerous hovels

 

You get hovels everywhere. Even cities traditionally thought of as "nice" like Oxford and York. Leicester's no better or worse for dives than any major city or town.

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​People given chance to comment on a proposed £26 million regeneration scheme in Leicester.

By atroughton  |  Posted: July 20, 2015

 

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People are being given the chance to comment on a proposed £26 million regeneration scheme in Leicester.

The drop-in event, which takes place at the All Nations Church, 10 Frog Island, on July 21, will give people a chance to comment on a pre-submission draft of the Leicester City Council's outline planning application for the Waterside regeneration area.

The council has secured more than £26 million of Government cash to spend on preparing sites on the banks of the River Soar for private development.

It follows development of The Leicester Waterside Supplementary Planning Document (SPD), which sets out the council's vision to guide development in the 60-hectare area around the River Soar and Frog Island over the next ten to 15 years.

 

The outline planning application will set out what types of development will be permitted in the first phase of the development and seek the necessary permissions to move this vision forward.

City Mayor Peter Soulsby said: "The Waterside area has suffered badly in recent decades, with the closure of key industries leaving many sites derelict, unused and ugly.

"It's time we kick-started a renewed vision for the future of this area as a thriving neighbourhood with great places to live and space for businesses to flourish.

"We have an ambitious, long-term vision for development and investment that will help transform this part the city and reconnect Leicester to its riverside.

"These planning documents are an important stage of setting out that vision within planning law and giving potential developers the confidence that they need to invest in Waterside."

The outline planning application is due to be submitted later this summer.

The Leicester Waterside SPD is due to be formally adopted later this month, following a public

consultation held earlier this year.

Chairman of the Leicester Civic Society Stuart Bailey said: "This is long overdue.

"There's a great wedge of the city that is frankly embarrassing because it has been overlooked and ignored for years."

The drop-in event runs from 2pm until 7pm.

Read more: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/8203-People-given-chance-comment-proposed-26/story-26920965-detail/story.html#ixzz3gQQ0w8og 

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New £1.5 million bridge proposed to link Abbey Park to Leicester Riders' new arena

By danjmartin  |  Posted: July 22, 2015

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The proposed bridge at Abbey Park

 
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Sir Peter Soulsby has outlined a number of schemes that will form the second phase of his Connecting Leicester revamp of the city.

Projects being put forward by the mayor include a £1.5 million initiative to build a pedestrian bridge over the canal linking Abbey Park to Charter Street where Leicester Riders' new arena is under construction.

Rutland Street in the city centre is to be resurfaced along with Belvoir Street where a contraflow cycle lane is proposed.

Sir Peter is also revisiting the idea of putting a new cycle lane along Welford Road from Newarke Street to the Granby Halls site.

 

A lane of traffic along that section of Welford Road was coned off as an experiment last year and the mayor says he now hopes to proceed.

More than 1,500 people signed a petition against the idea arguing it would cause greater congestion.

Sir Peter insists the experiment was successful and says he will produce traffic figures to prove the point during a consultation on the £1.5 million proposal.

There will however be a major adjustment in that the cycle lane will be on the eastern side of Welford Road rather than on the western side where the closure took place.

Highway officials say the change will not render the experiment useless as it still involves the same number of lanes being available to traffic.

There will also be a series of public realm renovations in Leicester's Georgian area around Millstone Lane and Friar Lane.

Various projects will take place over the next four years but a budget of £10 million will be set aside for 2015/16.

Sir Peter said: "We have achieved a great deal in the last few years with Connecting Leicester. Jubilee Square has been created, the horrible Belgrave fly-over has been torn down and we have improved a number of parts of the city that were looking tired and grotty.

"There is however still much to do."

"We need to change the way we think about, and use, our city centre and the first phase of Connecting Leicester has already kick-started that transformation, with new public spaces and more attractive, and safer, routes for pedestrians and cyclists.

"We now need to extend that work into other key areas of the city centre, creating better links between Abbey Park and the city centre, for example, and enhancing the Greyfriars area to complement Cathedral Gardens and the other improvements we've made to streets in the Old Town."

There are also long-term plans for the pedestrianisation of Churchgate and Belgrave Gate. He will also consider how to make cycling along London Road safer.

Some £20 million was spent on the first phase of Connecting Leicester but the mayor's criticshave accused him of investing heavily in the city centre while neglecting the outer estates.

Sir Peter said: "This is a tiny fraction of what we are spending on Leicester's neighbourhoods.

"In the city centre everybody notices it but when we invest in neighbourhoods people only see what happens on the streets around them."

Read more: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/New-1-5-million-bridge-proposed-link-Abbey-Park/story-27465988-detail/story.html#ixzz3ge51vlVC 

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For £1.5m a little footbridge ought to be literally paved in gold. Wonder if the builders will be a little known outfit known as P.Soulsby Crap Expensive Footbridges Ltd.

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Leicester's beautiful buildings to be thrust into limelight in £250k illumination scheme

By danjmartin  |  Posted: July 26, 2015

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    How the illuminated YMCA could look.

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The gloom will be lifted from some of Leicester city centre's architectural gems as part of a strategy to illuminate attractive buildings.

City council bosses have drawn up plans to show off key buildings and spaces after dark.

Seven landmark buildings have been identified for a £250,000 pilot scheme, starting this winter, along a corridor running from the railway station to The Clock Tower and down High Street to Jubilee Square.

A variety of lighting effects will be used to transform beautiful buildings and historic facades at night and make people feel safer.

 

Buildings included in the initial pilot scheme include the YMCA and Blunts Shoes buildings in Granby Street

Both buildings will be sensitively lit to pick out their architectural features, which include angels and gargoyles on the YMCA building, and the dramatic vertical spines of the art deco shoe shop.

The upper floors of the San Carlo building in Granby Street will be lit to complement the existing lighting scheme and pick out architectural features.

The nearby Turkey cafe building, the attractive turkey mosaic at the top of the building will be lit.

Cafe Bruxelles, in High Street, will also be included in the pilot scheme and the corner of Jubilee Square and High Street, Hotel Maiyango will have a colour-changeable entrance and terrace canopy, while its entrance will be lit to make it more visible.

As well as highlighting the city's architecture, the lighting could be used to create new beacon landmarks on tall buildings, which people can use to navigate around the city, as well as helping create safe and attractive routes between the city's night-time venues.

A different type of illumination is planned for the blank Ramada Encore hotel wall facing Charles Street.

A projector will be used to show images to create a large art gallery that can be regularly updated.

Elsewhere the city, new lighting could help transform streets, public spaces and walking routes which are currently either poorly lit or have overly harsh lighting.

Almost 100 potential sites have been identified for future work.

City mayor Sir Peter Soulsby said "Leicester's city centre is a treasure trove of hidden architectural riches that deserve to be revealed. There is a wealth of attractive and historically significant facades that can go unnoticed above shop fronts by day, and can be lost in the darkness at night.

'Tastefully designed lighting on key buildings will play a vital role in enhancing the ambience of the city centre and making it a pleasure visually to be out and about at night.

"This will help us in our continued efforts to create a thriving city centre for retail, housing, business and leisure."

The pilot scheme has been developed following discussions with building owners.

Aatin Anadkat, director of Hotel Maiyango, said: "This area is busy with shoppers and visitors in the day, but also after dark when it becomes busy with people eating out, visiting pubs and heading into the city centre, so Hotel Maiyango is exactly the sort of building that is key to the appearance of the whole area.

"We're very pleased to be among the first businesses in the city to take part in this pilot scheme, and we're really looking forward to seeing the finished result."

Future proposed schemes include St Nicholas Church, the Sue Townsend Theatre and Jewry Wall. The Lanes, museums, churches and hotels are also earmarked, along with landmarks including Fenwick, The Corn Exchange and Lewis Tower.

The city council has worked on the lighting designs and strategy with Sutton Vane Associates, whose previous projects include lighting the site of the London 2012 Olympics, the Crown Jewels, the Magna Carta vault at Lincoln Castle and the Titanic Belfast centre, as well as numerous city architectural lighting schemes.

In most cases, newer LED lighting would be far more energy efficient, clearer and cause less light pollution than the existing sodium lighting in place.

Planning applications have been submitted for the new pilot lighting.

Read more: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Leicester-s-beauitful-buildings-thrust-limelight/story-27478470-detail/story.html#ixzz3h50WHLZL 

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This kind of fits the theme of this thread.

 

I can't believe this happened to me today after what happened yesterday (see "how was your day")

 

I was in the response car (not the same car as yesterday). I was at the junction of Humberstone Gate and Queen Street near the taxi office. As I looked around I was thinking "jeez, this place is the pits, now" as I looked out at shabby buildings, litter strewn streets and eastern European men in groups around some coffee bar. It did look really run down and neglected and I thought of this thread and how I would comment.

 

As I was perusing the scene waiting for the lights to change a woman of about 50 yrs with teeth missing and spittle flecked lips came to my window, banged on it and started shouting something. She had clearly been drinking. I turned away whereupon she spat on the window. FFS what is it with people

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By Tom_Mack  |  Posted: July 29, 2015

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Leicester Theatre Group perform at last year's event

 
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The City Festival will be making a return next month, with music, history, comedy, sport, food and more.

Over 11 days from Friday, August 21, until Bank Holiday Monday, Leicester's pedestrianised streets and open spaces will host a range of events.

Launching the programme of events in Jubilee Square today, assistant city mayor Piara Singh Clair said: "City Festival is bigger than ever this year, with more than 30 major events and dozens of smaller events taking place.

"The packed programme should offer something for everyone, with plenty of fun activities for children and young people.

 

"City Festival aims to ensure that the summer ends on a high, providing lots of free activities for children before they return to school and encouraging people to get out and about and enjoy their city centre."

Getting the party started on August 21 will be the launch event in Jubilee Square, featuring outdoor cinema, live entertainment, food stalls and a Bollywood film.

New events for this year include the Open House Circus Extravaganza on Humberstone Gate, when the audience will get the chance to perform with the professionals, and Tangle, which will allow children to weave coloured elastic bands around golden poles to create a giant multi-coloured landscape in which to play.

With a nod to the forthcoming Rugby World Cup, Flavours of Rugby in Victoria Park on August 30 will include lots of ways to get involved in the sport and the same day will see roads close for the SkyRide, when cyclists will take over the streets.

Other highlights of the City Festival will include Sports Fest on August 23, Leicester Belgrave Mela and the Old Town Festival on Bank Holiday Monday, and the Cosmopolitan Carnival on August 29, which will bring live comedy and performances to Cathedral Gardens and Jubilee Square.

Details of all the events can be found in a 32-page festival brochure, which is available free of charge from the Visit Leicester shop, local libraries, shops, bars and other city centre outlets.

Details can also be downloaded at www.visitleicester.info/cityfestival


Read more: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/City-Festival-bigger-year/story-27506470-detail/story.html#ixzz3hH0jEsK7 
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Despite being born in the city, and growing up in the shire. I went to school in Northampton, thus a lot of my days and nights in my formative years were spent mooching around the town and many of my good friends are from there.

 

Then lived in Leicester for a number of years afterwards (on the Narb Road, no less) before moving to London 

 

Looking back, Leicester IS a f**king utopia compared to Northampton... I'd tell anyone I meet down here the same.

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Despite being born in the city, and growing up in the shire. I went to school in Northampton, thus a lot of my days and nights in my formative years were spent mooching around the town and many of my good friends are from there.

 

Then lived in Leicester for a number of years afterwards (on the Narb Road, no less) before moving to London 

 

Looking back, Leicester IS a f**king utopia compared to Northampton... I'd tell anyone I meet down here the same.

 

Bridge Street on a Saturday night makes Belvoir Street look like a perfect example of tranquility.

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