@q Unless... unless Reading Buses get the franchise: https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/reading-buses-sets-new-world-9293952

#ReadingBuses #rdguk #CivicPride

‘What if the people responsible for shutting libraries haven’t done this by accident, and *are* vaguely aware of their “value”? What if they just don’t care and/or have an ideological hatred of “civic” and “public”? What if this isn’t really anything to do with regrettable budgetary decisions, but a desire to get rid of as many public services as possible?’

#Libraries #PublicService #CivicPride

https://www.thisdaysportion.com/posts/libraries-and-their-value/

#Greenspace #Libraries #CivicPride #PublicRealm #Design by #Adams&Sutherland via #AJ
https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/specification/case-study-tottenham-green-phase-2-by-adams-sutherland

Spent a fabulous hour up 'Jumbo', aka the Balkerne Water Tower, in #Colchester #Essex today. Some great views from the top, and quite an experience within its TARDIS-esque interior (it is enormous on the inside).

Built in 1884, there's a lot of iron holding up the inside - if it had been built just 10 years later, they would've used steel instead. It's a 19th century construction using 18th technology!

#architecture #whatthevictoriansbuilt #civicpride