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Keeping Cambridge Special Wendy Blythe, FeCRA Chair FeCRA Federation of Cambridge Residents’ Associations October 2016

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Page 1: Keeping Cambridge Special · 2016. 9. 30. · Development. • Headlong pace • No reference to heritage • Impact on community life • The University & Colleges’ role • Volume

Keeping Cambridge Special Wendy Blythe, FeCRA Chair

FeCRA Federation of Cambridge Residents’ Associations

October 2016

Page 2: Keeping Cambridge Special · 2016. 9. 30. · Development. • Headlong pace • No reference to heritage • Impact on community life • The University & Colleges’ role • Volume

Keeping Cambridge Special - The Views of Residents

Page 3: Keeping Cambridge Special · 2016. 9. 30. · Development. • Headlong pace • No reference to heritage • Impact on community life • The University & Colleges’ role • Volume

What makes Cambridge special?

• Neighbourhoods • Human scale • Beauty • River • Green spaces • This is not just about architecture

Page 4: Keeping Cambridge Special · 2016. 9. 30. · Development. • Headlong pace • No reference to heritage • Impact on community life • The University & Colleges’ role • Volume

Informal paths & open spaces criss-cross the city

Page 5: Keeping Cambridge Special · 2016. 9. 30. · Development. • Headlong pace • No reference to heritage • Impact on community life • The University & Colleges’ role • Volume

Hidden allotment path runs alongside Vicar’s Brook

Page 6: Keeping Cambridge Special · 2016. 9. 30. · Development. • Headlong pace • No reference to heritage • Impact on community life • The University & Colleges’ role • Volume

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

Page 9: Keeping Cambridge Special · 2016. 9. 30. · Development. • Headlong pace • No reference to heritage • Impact on community life • The University & Colleges’ role • Volume

20 mph signage hit streets with the casual vandalism of a small tornado

Page 10: Keeping Cambridge Special · 2016. 9. 30. · Development. • Headlong pace • No reference to heritage • Impact on community life • The University & Colleges’ role • Volume

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

Page 17: Keeping Cambridge Special · 2016. 9. 30. · Development. • Headlong pace • No reference to heritage • Impact on community life • The University & Colleges’ role • Volume

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”