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Keeping Cambridge Special Wendy Blythe, FeCRA Chair
FeCRA Federation of Cambridge Residents’ Associations
October 2016
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Keeping Cambridge Special - The Views of Residents
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What makes Cambridge special?
• Neighbourhoods • Human scale • Beauty • River • Green spaces • This is not just about architecture
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Informal paths & open spaces criss-cross the city
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Hidden allotment path runs alongside Vicar’s Brook
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Cows graze on Midsummer Common just 5 minutes away from Marks & Spencer
An impromptu game of football Jesus Green
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Threats to the quality of Cambridge life
• Development • Capacity • Traffic • Water supply • Flooding
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Development
• Headlong pace • No reference to heritage • Impact on community life • The University & Colleges’ role • Volume • Impact on Local Plan • Ugliness
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20 mph signage hit streets with the casual vandalism of a small tornado
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Ugliness
• Loss of green spaces • Ugly signage & street furniture • Lack of design & landscaping input • “Milton Keynes” style bland urbanisation • Overcrowding & litter • Poor maintenance & potholes
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New CB1 Station hub: ‘A could be anywhere investment’ – Allan Brigham
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Overflowing bins. Streets packed with tourists
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Densification • Lack of affordable housing • Aggressive expansion of student accommodation • Transience • “Garden grabbing” • Institutional expansion • Loss of green space
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Suggestions
• List views, streetscapes, paths, walks • Public realm strategy tailored to Cambridge • City design & heritage champions • Green stewards & guerilla gardeners • Responsible tourism • Neighbourhood plans & urban parishes • Cambridge “Friends”
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Crocuses planted in verges reflect style of Backs
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Portland, Oregon has a system of “Green” streets & stewards
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Suggestions
• List views, streetscapes, paths, walks • Public realm strategy for Cambridge • City design & heritage champions • Green stewards & guerilla gardeners • Responsible tourism • Neighbourhood plans & urban parishes • Cambridge “Friends”