![]() ![]() ![]() Some, such as the Aldcliffe yard development in Lancaster, will see just a few expensive houses built on old industrial canal works but many seek to create large new “liveable” urban communities in what were some of the Britain’s polluted places, such as Wolverhampton, Leeds, Manchester, Lancaster, Glasgow, Liverpool and Birmingham. Photograph: TwilightShow/Getty Imagesīut few countries have as many urban canals as the UK, a legacy of British industrial might – and now a golden opportunity for transformation. In Seoul, the renovation of the Cheonggyecheon Stream – an old sewerage ditch covered by a gigantic elevated highway that was torn down and restored with clean water, plants, wildlife and attractive landscaping – has been credited with reorienting the city (as well as sparking a property craze whose effects have not all been positive).Ĭheonggyecheon Stream in Seoul, South Korea. From Paris to Milan, waterside developments can command 20% premium prices, and many cities with extensive canal networks, such as Bruges, Ghent, Amsterdam and Hamburg in Europe, Fort Lauderdale and Cape Floral in the US, and the Gold Coast in Australia have attracted huge investments for canalside housing and leisure. Canal restoration, building and development is now a global phenomenon, with billions of dollars spent on projects annually around the world. The restoration of the canals in the 1950s and 60s was thanks to a remarkable act of defiance by unpaid volunteers Mike Clarke, historian Just as canal-building drove urban growth in the 18th and 19th centuries by linking urban areas and stimulating trade, a new mania for canal developments is today reshaping cities by offering oases of calm in fastest-moving town centres. ![]() The Lapal plan is one of at least 80 canal renaissance projects currently making British towns and cities suitable for populations seeking tranquility, leisure space and new ways to move around. ![]()
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