I remember when the City Arcade first opened when the bird cage had exotic birds flying in it. I thought the city arcade was one of the best things in Coventry. You had all those little specialist shops and could walk the whole length and not get wet if it was raining. The City Arcade was the first place I went whenever I had to get a special gift for someone, whether it was clothes, jewelry, a record or anything else.<snip> CCS might justify those kind of rents if it comes off and gets high quality retail in, but paying thousands to rent a grubby unit in the arcade or whatever takes the piss.
Yeah, but it is changing. Plans afoot and the whole south side of the city centre is to be redeveloped and they have a number of really decent retailers lined up.
Perhaps the wording should be 'is going to change.'
About time someone got it through their thick skulls how to run a city centre.
really like this plan to open up the Sherbourne.
Always enjoy going to a city where you can have a drink and a bite to eat riverside:
Hidden river to be opened up to create waterside cafe square
Unfortunately, it's not really a river is it? It's more of a brook. You'll be having a brook-side meal.really like this plan to open up the Sherbourne.
Always enjoy going to a city where you can have a drink and a bite to eat riverside:
Hidden river to be opened up to create waterside cafe square
Ah, but they are going to tinker with it and make it wider and deeper.Unfortunately, it's not really a river is it? It's more of a brook. You'll be having a brook-side meal.
Unfortunately, it's not really a river is it? It's more of a brook. You'll be having a brook-side meal.
Yup. Seen this mooted so often, will believe it when I see it!If only it goes ahead, there have been numerous schemes to open up the river in this area going back decades, but so far it has not happened.
Bottom line is there is no money in doing the initial works, once its opened up I imagine money will flow in to build leisure venues.
Yup. Seen this mooted so often, will believe it when I see it!
Ah, but they are going to tinker with it and make it wider and deeper.
Sounds sexy
In the Burgess?
The sentence out of context. Sounds like the start of a porn film.
As for the Burges, it’s a shit tip, but you’ve got to start somewhere.
I'm up for it.Getting rid of McDonalds would be a start. The pub a couple of doors down is up for sale. The old metro. Anyone fancy chipping in and turning it into CCFC bar?
Fishers Retreat
Getting rid of McDonalds would be a start. The pub a couple of doors down is up for sale. The old metro. Anyone fancy chipping in and turning it into CCFC bar?
Fishers Retreat
Please don't mention the Burges and shoot in the same sentenceowning a bar in the Burgess, I'm in, let's shoot for the moon!
really like this plan to open up the Sherbourne.
Always enjoy going to a city where you can have a drink and a bite to eat riverside:
Hidden river to be opened up to create waterside cafe square
it's not exactly the Thames admittedly but it would still be a welcome feature to the town centre if it's developed correctly.
House of Fraser closing over 30 stores.
The high street is changing and it is not all about shops anymore.
A retail analyst bloke on the Big Questions on Sunday was predicting that in 10 years time there will be hardly any shops left and the high street needs to evolve and be more about entertainment, eating out and customer service.
I personally don't like this just shop from home idea.
Think it destroys all the social aspects of going to town, meeting people, looking round stores browsing, interacting with store staff, trying clothes on, testing out headphones etc.
Think I am in the minority though. My daughter loves going to town however.
I see that indoor crazy golf is becoming very popular. Might be a good idea for the old BHS store in Coventry city centre.
There's one in the old BHS store just off Oxford Street in London.
We need more things to draw people in, concert halls, cinema, water parks, entertainment venues, escape rooms, climbing walls and plenty of places to eat.
Different circles then. I don't go to pubs.I've heard people say this before, and to be honest I just don't get it, (unless perhaps you're elderly and living alone).
Shopping is a means to an end and I do my socialising elsewhere, (football, pub etc).
Though when clothes shopping it is nice to be able to try things on before you but them. If I get something by post and it doesn't fit properly or isn't right in some way I can never be arsed to send it back and end up losing money.
What's not to like?
Different circles then. I don't go to pubs.
I love wandering round town.
Like to wander in Waterstones and HMV and look at the books and latest music releases and have quite often bought stuff from HMV based on the fact they are playing something, I like it, go and ask and they tell me who it is who is playing.
I quite often go to the library, also go to Wilkinson's a lot, CEX, Game, the market and Sainsbury's.
Will quite often pop into the Belgrade and pick some leaflets up as to what is on and always meet up with my family and go to many of the cafes and restaurants in town.
What's not to like?
Some people have time on their hands.Think the main thing is time. Everybody I know will be at work at the minute or if they are on nights they will be sleeping, most people are busy with work, school runs, sorting things out at home etc there isn't much time to just wander about much. Like CVD says there is things like the pub or going to other people's houses to see them etc and most of that is in the evening or at the weekend.
I don't usually even really have time for the pub as much any more, by the time everything is sorted just want to sit down and chill out for a bit and can't think of anything worse than having to go shopping in town.
From when I wake up until usually about 7PM my time is accounted for in the week so if I need to go to town it's a hassle to start re-arranging things, then at the weekend we will have other stuff that needs to be done at home etc getting ready for the next week.
I can see the latest books and music when they come up on Amazon or music comes through on Spotify and if I wanted to buy them they will be delivered to my work the next morning and probably be a bit cheaper as well.
We do like going to the book farm so my daughter can have a look through and buy books and have a milkshake as a treat but it's not something we could or would do weekly as it would get a bit tedious and take the shine off it. That's also mainly to do with the location, if it was in the city centre we probably wouldn't bother.
It's just convenience really.
Some people have time on their hands.
I'm busy!Which is all well and good if they want to attract OAPS, shift workers, unemployed people etc but it's busy people they will need
It's just another turn of the binary Isolationist cog .I personally don't like this just shop from home idea.
Think it destroys all the social aspects of going to town, meeting people, looking round stores browsing, interacting with store staff, trying clothes on, testing out headphones etc.
Think I am in the minority though. My daughter loves going to town however.
I see that indoor crazy golf is becoming very popular. Might be a good idea for the old BHS store in Coventry city centre.
There's one in the old BHS store just off Oxford Street in London.
We need more things to draw people in, concert halls, cinema, water parks, entertainment venues, escape rooms, climbing walls and plenty of places to eat.
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