All city centres articles
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OpinionThe One in Which People Decide City Living is OK
Thirty years after the pilot of Friends, David Rudlin recalls how the sitcom’s portrayal of city living influenced a generation’s attitudes towards urban life
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OpinionWhy we should be transforming struggling shopping centres into sustainable urban hubs
Could large shopping centres become dynamic, vibrant, mixed-use, live-work communities in the future? What are the factors that could drive this transformation, and why might it be desirable, asks Matt Bowker
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OpinionBuilding on the green belt is not the answer – we need to focus on the soft densification of our urban centres
Our town and city centres, with their wealth of existing buildings, provide huge opportunities to deliver new housing and foster thriving communities, writes Tom Slater