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Middlesbrough going green
Middlesbrough Labour run Council... offer secret meetings to those residents in
Gresham who remain outspoken against the flawed LDF Plan proposals of mass destruction...
ethnic cleansing and gentrification of central Middlesbrough...
Owner Occupiers in Gresham... you
should be concerned and worried about this...
as evidence and proof is required to be supplied by MBC of "housing market failure"
the phrase repeatedly used by Middlesbrough Executive... as their main excuse of
total destruction of your homes...
Tees Valley Regeneration...
Partners in grime of Middlesbrough Council on behalf of Middlesbrough Council applied
to the ODPM for Tax Payers funds... using "housing market failure" in their claims to gain funding... for the demolition of 1500 sound and solid Middlesbrough town
centre homes... in the biggest valuable land grab attempt the town has seen... and
all to profit Middlesbrough Executives other partners... the Land Developers...
Middlesbrough...
The Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA).
The first phase around the former docklands has already begun and is visible from
the Chemical works
. The master plan drawn
up by in 2004, includes proposals for
the relocation of
, the building
of a virtual reality centre by
in addition to numerous offices, hotels,
bars, restaurants and leisure attractions.
now has a shortlist of five developers seeking to
build at
, the list includes some
of the most prestigious and groundbreaking names in development and regeneration,
and a decision on the chosen developer is due to be made in the next few months.
In July 2005 the Middlesbrough Executive, led by Mayor Ray Mallon announced the
demolition of 1500 homes in the Gresham and Middlehaven Wards within the town centre.
The houses and the people inhabiting them, likened by Mayor Ray Mallon to a cancer
that needed to be cut out, would be demolished to make way for something unspecified,
in fact over a year later there is still no announcement as to what is to be built
in place of the town centre terraces. Meanwhile these houses are being allowed to
devalue along with the communities inhabiting them, whilst other properties in the
Middlesbrough area benefit from the housing boom the properties within the "redevelopment"
area remain blighted. The initial timescale for demolition has been put back for
some areas by as long as 10 additional years, although Middlesbrough Council are
confused by this and the timescale varies depending on which department or individual
you may seek information from, unless of course you own a business and donate the
cost of a road crossing, in which case Middlesbrough Council fall all over themselves
giving you whatever you want. As for the population of central Middlesbrough, those
in areas destined for demolition are left to fend for themselves as councillors
avoid the areas in the run up to the May 2007 Council elections, preferring instead
to concentrate their efforts winning votes from the unnaffected areas of wards and
hoping nobody will notice
Knocking down the old building to make way for skyscraper
Middlesbrough has also recently announced plans to build a 120-metre tower on the
site of the Odeon (more recently Jumping Jaks
nightclub) in Central Middlesbrough at the eastern end of Newport road and will
be the tallest building in the North East, surpassing the existing record already
held by Middlesbrough's own Centre North East building. Some people have commented
on the design of the building and seem to think that it will have a rather eccentric
look, this "eccentric" look however, seems to be the general direction building
design has gone in the region. For example, Tyneside recently opened the Sage, this
according to many seems to resemble a giant condom.
[1]. This new Middlesbrough development will be the
first of such skyscrapers proposed in Middlesbrough with two more visioned for Middlehaven.
The second one on the Middlehaven site is the most unlikely but still being considered
and could see either an American or Dubai based company to build a skyscraper 250-300
metres in height, showing Middlesbrough is progressing into the future and is a
growing centre for commerce and development and backhanders. The idea for such is the result of limited land area in Middlesbrough.
Instead of building outwards and subsequently having to apply for boundary extension.
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