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by Vrahassi Kid | July 18, 2007 at 11:50 pm
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at 06:51 on July 19th, 2007
Vrahassi Kid, thanks for posting. I'm not sure, though, what you're trying to convey. The photos are great, but we need a bit more context: Where in Wales is this? What's the story behind the photos? (You might want to check out our J-Tips for more help.)
at 11:01 on July 19th, 2007
Wales like everywhere in the world is being "improved" by developers we are told. Developers do not re-develop, they merely disregard the existing and "create" new structures in the name of progress. Singapore learned the error of its ways when after demolshing most of the old colonial buildings in the city it realised what it was losing by merely ploughing out the old and "improving" with new structures. Demolition stopped and now there is a mix of old and new, something for the tourists and locals alike to admire and relate to.
Swansea, Cardiff's poor cousin, is suffering from neglect. The powers that be are promoting the SA1 development, a mix of steel and glass tower blocks set against a decaying seafront and a "rescued" harbour and dock area. It's a great shame that much of Swansea's architectural jewls are left to god and promise while these impersonal new structures are erected. There is a fine old cinema off the Mumbles, many former chapels, rotting facades and clutter filled alleys and cul-de-sacs. Who will "re-develop" these?