When I was growing up Kensington was an undistinguished area of Liverpool full of terraced houses, a lot are still there. Sadly the Silver Blades Ice Rink is not. See old and new map here.
While most of Kensington the road is still well populated it is cut off from the rest of town by Low Hill, a road that has greatly expanded over the years. To the south is Edge Lane and major rail lines that form a break, to the north West Derby road, with its decimated population provides a boundary. Eastward it becomes Old Swan or West Derby before being closed in by Queens drive.
The area to the west has been totally destroyed and rebuilt, only the remains of Prescot Street Bridwell and Sacred Heart Catholic Church can be seen. The previous housing having been destroyed for space the current Royal Liverpool Hospital occupies, which after less than 40 years will soon be demolished, with a new building rising slightly south of the current one. The site being landscaped as a park and perhaps cutting Kenny of that little bit more. See update at the bottom
The Gap between town and Kenny is psychological but reinforced by the width of Low Hill, it is reinforced further by the awkwardly shaped patch of green, which has dusty rough adhoc track across it, that marks a bit of Urban land as unloved derelict land.
When the current site of RLUH is landscaped car needs to be taken to make it look like a park, perhaps a small wall around it but on the other side the grass between Harper Street and Low Hill needs to be built on, with a housing block to add people to the area, a bridge over the road, would also be welcome, allowing pedestrians and cyclists to move freely.
Attempting to link Kenny back to town needs to be part of the plan when designing the new RLUH park and getting some redevelopment done. The psychology is vitally important.
Erection of 11 storey residential development comprising 142 apartments (C3 Use), with associated communal facilities, access, servicing, parking and landscaping
Demolition of existing buildings and structures, and erection of 14 storey student accommodation comprising 1,007 units (Sui Generis),and one commercial unit (A1/A2/A3/A4/A5/B1/D1 Use Class) with associated communal facilities, access, servicing, parking and landscaping
While most of Kensington the road is still well populated it is cut off from the rest of town by Low Hill, a road that has greatly expanded over the years. To the south is Edge Lane and major rail lines that form a break, to the north West Derby road, with its decimated population provides a boundary. Eastward it becomes Old Swan or West Derby before being closed in by Queens drive.
The area to the west has been totally destroyed and rebuilt, only the remains of Prescot Street Bridwell and Sacred Heart Catholic Church can be seen. The previous housing having been destroyed for space the current Royal Liverpool Hospital occupies, which after less than 40 years will soon be demolished, with a new building rising slightly south of the current one. The site being landscaped as a park and perhaps cutting Kenny of that little bit more. See update at the bottom
The Gap between town and Kenny is psychological but reinforced by the width of Low Hill, it is reinforced further by the awkwardly shaped patch of green, which has dusty rough adhoc track across it, that marks a bit of Urban land as unloved derelict land.
| A bridge over Northway Maghull |
Attempting to link Kenny back to town needs to be part of the plan when designing the new RLUH park and getting some redevelopment done. The psychology is vitally important.
Update 28/06/2016
Turns out it will not be a Landscaped park directly against Prescot street but it is proposed that it will be the site of a new Bio Science campus.Update 05/11/2016
This is 2 separate applications though it seems that they haven't been correctly uploaded yet. The images are from the first link below which covers only the building on the "Grassessed area at the corner of Prescot Street and Low Hill" for 142 apartments for Key workers.
Demolition of existing buildings and structures, and erection of 14 storey student accommodation comprising 1,007 units (Sui Generis),and one commercial unit (A1/A2/A3/A4/A5/B1/D1 Use Class) with associated communal facilities, access, servicing, parking and landscaping
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