Comments on: Question CUL2 http://bigcitytalk.org.uk/525/question-cul2/ A Place To Talk About Birmingham's Big City Plan Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:04:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Matt R http://bigcitytalk.org.uk/525/question-cul2/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Matt R Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:19:23 +0000 http://bigcity.paradisecircus.com/525/question-cul2/#comment-126 Birmingham, despite being a fairly leafy city, has a vital lack of Green space in the city centre. Parks and gardens are pretty much non existent. Eastside Park has been planned for many years now and I see the current estimated time for completion is 2013. This appears to be a project that has lost enthusiasm and isn't popular becuase it takes up space that could be used for more flats or more retails units (doesn't Birmingham have enough already?)<br><br>There is a great opportunity to develop a fantastic space in this part of the city and it could happily incorporate outdoor cultural spaces as well such as cinema in the summer, local sculpture and art and a bandstand or stage for Jazz or any type of music. <br><br>My only other question is why is the Eastside Park so small? There is a huge area in front of the Thinktank that was once a big warehouse, but now just seems to be a van rental depot. Obviously this area has other development potential, but would it be as sustainable or have as big an impact as a park that would last for hundreds of years? Birmingham, despite being a fairly leafy city, has a vital lack of Green space in the city centre. Parks and gardens are pretty much non existent. Eastside Park has been planned for many years now and I see the current estimated time for completion is 2013. This appears to be a project that has lost enthusiasm and isn't popular becuase it takes up space that could be used for more flats or more retails units (doesn't Birmingham have enough already?)

There is a great opportunity to develop a fantastic space in this part of the city and it could happily incorporate outdoor cultural spaces as well such as cinema in the summer, local sculpture and art and a bandstand or stage for Jazz or any type of music.

My only other question is why is the Eastside Park so small? There is a huge area in front of the Thinktank that was once a big warehouse, but now just seems to be a van rental depot. Obviously this area has other development potential, but would it be as sustainable or have as big an impact as a park that would last for hundreds of years?

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