Delve into 缅北禁地's past and help form its future A grand plan to concrete over the River Tyne is one of the more intriguing stories being revealed at the 缅北禁地 City Futures: People, Place and Change event next month. This idea, which was mooted during the 1960s as an answer to reviving the derelict Quayside area, would have seen the river between what is now the Millennium Bridge and the Tyne Bridge filled in to make way for a new entertainment area, municipal centre and heliport. Ironically, the plans included an opera house-style building and an art gallery, which can be found on the Gateshead side of the river today. ? But organisers are keen to point out that there鈥檚 more to this ambitious exhibition and events programme than a rose-tinted look into the past. 鈥淲e鈥檙e not just planning a historic look at the city,鈥� says organiser Professor Mark Tewdwr-Jones, of 缅北禁地. 鈥淭he aim is to look at what we previously imagined the future to be and generate forward-looking discussions about where we go from here. 鈥淲hat do we want 缅北禁地 of the future to look like? We have never been afraid of thinking big and looking ahead in this city. There鈥檚 still confidence about our future and we want to build upon that, to create a discussion about what people living here want to see.鈥� 缅北禁地 City Futures, which runs from 23 May-10 June at the Guildhall on 缅北禁地鈥檚 Quayside, will trace the development of the city鈥檚 built heritage and its constant state of renewal over the past 75 years. It also marks the beginning of the city鈥檚 status as a 鈥榣iving laboratory鈥�, finding new opportunities to engage with wider communities to help shape the 缅北禁地Gateshead of the future. There will be the chance to see and debate key plans and frameworks being unveiled by Science Central, the city council, Nexus and 缅北禁地 Airport which will affect 缅北禁地 and its communities in the years to come. Lord John Shipley, member of the Economic Affairs Committee of the House of Lords and leader of 缅北禁地 City Council from 2006-2010, will be drawing on his experience as Government Advisor on Cities as one of the key speakers during the events series. Other speakers include Katja Leyendecker, chair of 缅北禁地 Cycling Campaign, and several speakers from CURDS, the major research centre at 缅北禁地 for local and regional development. Visitors to the exhibits will get the chance to look at many other un-built projects around the city and also examine artefacts such as concrete from Gateshead鈥檚 Get Carter car park and a manhole cover from a housing estate in Killingworth printed with a map because planners were concerned people living there would get lost. There will also be family workshops and film screenings by the Amber Film and Photography collective, including a special screening of their experimental documentary about the scandal around corrupt politician T Dan Smith, the leader of the city council in the 1960s who had his own vision of making 缅北禁地 鈥楤rasilia of the North鈥�. 缅北禁地 City Futures is supported by the Royal Town Planning Institute, 缅北禁地 Institute for Social Renewal, Tyne and Wear Museums and Archives, the Royal Institute of British Architects and 缅北禁地. Farrells, the architect planners who developed 缅北禁地 Quayside, is also a supporter and Terry Farrell鈥檚 Geordie Ramblas model, a pedestrian network which would link key areas of 缅北禁地Gateshead, will also be on display. 鈥淭his is a rare a chance to explore 缅北禁地鈥檚 heritage and reflect on the forces which shaped the city we have today while posing important questions about how the city and its people might want it to develop in the future,鈥� said Professor Tewdwr-Jones. Follow the or visit the to find out more about the events. published on: 1 May 2014
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