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Dumbarton Road, Partick, Glasgow: from tenements to riverside apartments Featuring: activity, Updated contentCopyrighted Image Hilary Mooney

By Dr Alison Gilmour (The Open University), Dr Gerry Mooney (The Open University)

24 May 2012

We look back at the social history shaped by a ten-fold rise in population from 5,000 in 1850 to over 55,000 by 1901, and forward...  Read more : Dumbarton Road, Partick, Glasgow: from tenements to riverside apartments

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The stories behind our streets Featuring: activity, Updated contentCopyrighted Image R P C Franklyn Limited

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

16 May 2012

Where do you live? One answer may be your postal address but what are the secrets behind your postcode? How has the street you live...  Read more : The stories behind our streets

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City Road, Cardiff: suburban thoroughfare  Featuring: activity, Creative Commons Image Cardiff Central Watch under Creative Commons license

By Dr Geoff Andrews (The Open University)

10 May 2012

Known as Castle Road in the 19th century, we trace the changing character and communities of City Road, re-named in 1905, when Cardiff gained city...  Read more : City Road, Cardiff: suburban thoroughfare

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Park Hill, Sheffield: continuity and change Featuring: activity, Copyrighted Image Sheffield Local Studies Library

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

04 May 2012

What stories does Park Hill hold? From 19th century industrial squalor to iconic 'streets in the sky' in the 1960s, Park Hill, Sheffield changes once...  Read more : Park Hill, Sheffield: continuity and change

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Great Ancoats Street, Manchester: cottonopolis to urban village Featuring: activity, Copyrighted Image Isis Waterside Regeneration

By Dr Georgina Blakeley (The Open University)

04 May 2012

What are the stories behind this unique 'urban village'? From the largest mills of Manchester's 19th century industrial era to slum dwellings in the 1920s....  Read more : Great Ancoats Street, Manchester: cottonopolis to urban village

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A brief history of HarlemProduction team

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

10 June 2008

As Thinking Allowed visits Harlem, we cast an eye over the history of the New York neighbourhood to understand why investment can cause as many...  Read more : A brief history of Harlem

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HarlemUsed with permission

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University), Professor Laurie Taylor (Guest)

05 June 2008

Harlem is transforming. The 'capital of black America' has made it through the cultural ferment of the 1960s, the disinvestment and urban decay of the...  Read more : Harlem

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Gentrificationphotos.com

By Professor Sophie Watson (The Open University)

26 March 2008

The process of gentrification - as explored in Marseille - is a common one in Western cities. Sophie Watson explores how rough neighbourhoods become magnets...  Read more : Gentrification

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Samuel Bordreuil on Marseille Featuring: audio, Production team

By Professor Laurie Taylor (Guest), Samuel Bordreuil (Guest)

26 March 2008

Laurie Taylor and Samuel Bordreuil discuss gentrification, the value of sporting success and neighbourhoods.  Read more : Samuel Bordreuil on Marseille

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Uzupis - Long live the art republic...?Copyrighted Image The Open University / Karen Parker

By Dr Mark Banks (The Open University)

04 December 2007

The Republic of Uzupis - home of the free spirit, but not for long.  Read more : Uzupis - Long live the art republic...?

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