Finsbury Park heritage programme concludes
In 2019-20, 2NQ – the community non-profit co-directed by Kasper de Graaf and Malcolm Garrett – delivered People + Heritage, a programme of events and activities in and around Finsbury…
Tom Bloxham: “We are not delivering units”
The railway arches at Mayfield, a stone’s throw from Piccadilly Station, is what all of Manchester was like when Urban Splash was born in 1993. So Tom Bloxham, the developer’s…
Back to the future: the memory of place
These personal reflections on cultural regeneration, place and memory expand on a presentation Thea made at Design Manchester’s Liveable Cities conference last November, drawing also on her current focus on…
Design & society: “local community should be involved”
“When they’re designing things in cities, local community people should be involved, because it is we that are actually going to live there.” So said peace campaigner and activist Dr…
South London: the new hotspot?
SouthBank IQ is a research study and consultation document by Images&Co that evaluates the potential for innovation-led growth in South London. The study identifies an opportunity for a dynamic innovation…
People and heritage
In 2019 – Finsbury Park’s 150th anniversary year – we celebrated with a programme of events including #Everything150, a contemporary archaeology project in partnership with the Museum of London; a…
Re-imagining Manchester: Creatives Making Place
In 1957, the historian A.J.P. Taylor wrote in the New York Times that “Manchester is the only English city which can look London in the face, not merely as a…
Exhibition brings People’s Park to life
Between the café and the lake right in the centre of Finsbury Park, 10 large A-frames present a preview exhibition of images and stories from the rich and radical heritage…
What makes a great city?
On 9 July 2019, I had the pleasure of chairing a panel and audience discussion at a well attended Manchester International Festival (MIF) breakfast event in the MIF Glass House…
Northern Powerhouse Mk. III
The Northern Powerhouse Mk III is just around the corner, but how will it compare with its predecessors? The prime minister’s newfound appetite for legacy building won’t determine that; and…