Arabic Numeral Three - Curved dwarf wall in the shape of an Arabic Numeral Three semi-enclosing the children's playground at the rear of McGuigan Place. Tiled with 450 hand-cut, individually painted and glazed ceramic tiles depicting the progression of natural environment to farming, and post-war sub-division with Greenacre marketed as the 'model' suburb. Artists Peter Day and JoJo.
Beyond Social Inclusion: Towards Cultural Democracy - Interesting commentary and website from Scotland...
"Cities must trade in cultural cringe for a growing sense of confidence in our distinctiveness. They must try to be somewhere, not anywhere in the extended global sprawl of electronic suburbia. Cities must wilfully believe that the unique combination of events that may fuse here is just as compelling as those that may fuse somewhere else. Cities need to involve their people in making and remaking their own mythology, and create something that is truly unique." Marcus Westbury
"Writing about culture is like trying to catch a butterfly with a pin" ... Miriam Lyons on bigger picture cultural change.
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