The new issue of the IHBC’s journal, Context No. 171 takes as its theme ‘Change on the high street’, looking at issues from retail adaptation and funding to case studies and more, all alongside feature issues, briefings and reflections, including on IHBC@COP26.
… Neighbourhood plans and heritage..
Themed features include:
- All change on the high street, Allison Orr and JamesWhite
- Heritage on the high street, Will Holborow and ArchieWilliams
- From the ruins of Nottingham Broadmarsh, Clive Fletcher
- Sensory and emotional histories of the high street, Lucy Faire and Denise McHugh
- Neighbourhood plans and heritage, Dave Chetwyn
- Glasgow’s journey to 2030, Brian Evans
Special features include:
- Cemetourism: bringing life to burial grounds, Alexandra Fairclough
- The restoration of Thiepval, Jon Gedling
- Landownership in England in1909, Anthea Jones
Regular features:
- Briefing
- Out of Context
- Climate change and heritage Periodically
- The writer’s voice
- Notes from the chair
- Director’s cut
- New members
- Vox pop
- New member profile Book reviews
- Inter alia
- Products and services Specialist suppliers index
… A high street is the most important and liveliest shopping and commercial street of a town, or of a city district…
The IHBC writes:
… A high street is the most important and liveliest shopping and commercial street of a town, or of a city district. The UK used to have thousands of them. Today many have lost much of their life and their commercial activity, mainly due to online and out-of-town shopping. Does it matter? If they are not needed for shopping, why now write them off? In many cases that will happen, but it other cases the high street has a value beyond being a place to buy things. They have a critical mass of activities with community and social value. They bring people together in ways that strengthen the links between people, and with the places where they live.
Historic buildings are usually a big part of that. The buildings’ quality may inspire us; they may evoke the history of the place; they may provide accommodation of a size and quality that we could not build today; they may be well located in relation to pedestrian routes and public transport; and they may provide more flexible accommodation than the highly controlled and enclosed shopping centres that we were once told were the future of in-town retailing. IHBC members know how to manage change on the high street in ways that make the most of those historic assets. …
For more see Context 171
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