| Page Views: 9,913 Last Visit to Kingston upon Hull: - | Hull: Reclaiming the city, reclaiming the sea... by Orbital_ - last update: Jun 29, 2006 |
An evolving city... | Queen's Gardens, flanked by the new BBC North hq |
Hull is a changing city. Thanks to heavy bombing in WWII, frankly awful subsequent town planning and the decline of the fishing industry the city was in a pretty sorry state up until the 1990's. |
| The Humber Bridge - longer than The Golden Gate! |
|  | To Hull and back... (ahem) Finally regional development money started trickling through, city planners got their act together whilst commerce and government clicked that they had shockingly under-resourced area right under their noses. Battling against the stigma of a truly awful reputation (think the UK's perceived version of Detroit) the positive public/private partnership redevelopments and self-belief has taken a while to get going but now I can confidently say that Hull in the grand scheme of things is becoming a pretty decent city, and a afternoon or a couple of days here really isn't as grim a prospect as you may have once thought. |
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| Pros: | "The Deep, KC Stadium, Humber Bridge, pace of redevelopment, cost of living" | | Cons: | "Local accent, embarrasing state of rail/bus station, insular mentality of some locals" | | In A Nutshell: | "This is a city to watch - remember when Bilbao was a just backwater..." |
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KiKitC Mon Oct 2, 2006 00:48 UTC
Wouldn't you say "Hull" Marina is quite redundant? Hmmmm...Happy Birthday from New Jersey! | Sjalen Wed Jun 28, 2006 09:14 UTC
Great local insight! You need to change train link from Arriva to http://www.northernrail.org :) That greeting could be the same in York :))) | Jim_Eliason Sat Nov 20, 2004 00:17 UTC
Great page! | awayhome Mon Mar 1, 2004 21:31 UTC
Great start! more pics please-)) |
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