Back in February, i headed over to the US and Canada for 3 weeks of meetings, touring and a small amount of tourism. One of the highlights was the opportunity to make my Broadway debut (that’s literally where the office is) at Project for Public Spaces in New York to talk about Renew Newcastle and [...]
Video: Talk at Project for Public Spaces (New York)
May 23rd, 2011 No Comments
Tags: Art and urban renewal · Placemaking · Project for Public Spaces · Renew Newcastle · urban renewal · video
Amazing video of the demolition of Newcastle’s BHP Steelworks
September 27th, 2009 6 Comments
Wandering around 798 — the industrial scale arts and cultural district of Beijing — yesterday, my old friend Shannon Bufton asked whatever happened to the former BHP site in Newcastle. Then i happened across this video via facebook today courtesy of Bob Cook who worked at the BHP for many years and is now a [...]
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