Market Square, Antrim
Introduction
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Market Square, Antrim
Image: © Albert Bridge Taken: 25 Sep 2010
Close your eyes and imagine that you’re writing your dissertation for your doctorate in town planning. Now think of a (purely hypothetical) town which had a population under 3,000 in the mid-sixties. Then it became a “growth town” and today has a population of around 22,000. Part of a street is a continuation of High Street Image Two things happen – there is a ring road about the town centre Image, Image, Image and Image There is a shopping centre, just off the main streets with more car parking than the rest of the town combined, anchored by (cough, splutter) Tesco. Then a major new shopping centre opens outside the town Image and Image (close to the motorway). Then Tesco moves out of the old shopping centre and builds a stand-alone 24-hour establishment nearby. Oh and at the same time that former main street is now a cul-de-sac with enforced parking restrictions and no buses. Couldn’t happen?? Open your eyes. Taken at 12.53 on a Saturday. Nobody passed in front of the camera and I wasn’t in anybody’s way. Why not? Guess!
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Image Location
Latitude
54.714952
Longitude
-6.219564