Preserving the transcultural identity of local shopping streets: North Street and Castle Street, Belfast

Anna Skoura; Agustina Martire

Preserving the transcultural identity of local shopping streets: North Street and Castle Street, Belfast

Anna Skoura, Agustina Martire^*

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School of Natural and Built Environment

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Abstract

Local shopping streets are harbingers of a sense of place and memory for those who inhabit and use them. However, they have been largely neglected by planning decisions in city centre redevelopment, especially in the UK, but also throughout the world, with an approach focused on the franchised retail led occupation of these streets. The relentless demolition of city streets for this purpose threatens to erase the tangible and intangible heritage of local shopping streets. This paper aims to communicate how North Street and Castle Street in Belfast, two local shopping streets are at risk of losing their sense of place and ownership. These are valued by those who inhabit and use them, and will very likely be replaced by anonymous franchised commercial spaces.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Preserving Transcultural Heritage: Your way or my way?
Subtitle of host publication	Questions on Authenticity, Identity and Patrimonial Proceedings in the Safeguarding of Architectural Heritage created in the meeting of cultures
Editors	Joaquim Rodrigues dos Santos
Place of Publication	Portugal
Publisher	Caleidoscopio
Pages	331-341
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	978 989 658 467 2
Publication status	Published - 01 Jul 2017

Drawing the everyday heritage of streets: North Street and Castle Street in Belfast
Skoura, A. (Author), Martire, A. (Supervisor), Davis, J. (Supervisor) & Lilley, K. (Supervisor), Jul 2022
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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Skoura, A., & Martire, A. (2017). Preserving the transcultural identity of local shopping streets: North Street and Castle Street, Belfast. In J. R. dos Santos (Ed.), Preserving Transcultural Heritage: Your way or my way?: Questions on Authenticity, Identity and Patrimonial Proceedings in the Safeguarding of Architectural Heritage created in the meeting of cultures (pp. 331-341). Caleidoscopio.

Skoura, Anna ; Martire, Agustina. / Preserving the transcultural identity of local shopping streets : North Street and Castle Street, Belfast. Preserving Transcultural Heritage: Your way or my way?: Questions on Authenticity, Identity and Patrimonial Proceedings in the Safeguarding of Architectural Heritage created in the meeting of cultures. editor / Joaquim Rodrigues dos Santos. Portugal : Caleidoscopio, 2017. pp. 331-341

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Skoura, A & Martire, A 2017, Preserving the transcultural identity of local shopping streets: North Street and Castle Street, Belfast. in JR dos Santos (ed.), Preserving Transcultural Heritage: Your way or my way?: Questions on Authenticity, Identity and Patrimonial Proceedings in the Safeguarding of Architectural Heritage created in the meeting of cultures. Caleidoscopio, Portugal, pp. 331-341.

Preserving the transcultural identity of local shopping streets: North Street and Castle Street, Belfast. / Skoura, Anna; Martire, Agustina.
Preserving Transcultural Heritage: Your way or my way?: Questions on Authenticity, Identity and Patrimonial Proceedings in the Safeguarding of Architectural Heritage created in the meeting of cultures. ed. / Joaquim Rodrigues dos Santos. Portugal: Caleidoscopio, 2017. p. 331-341.

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Skoura A, Martire A. Preserving the transcultural identity of local shopping streets: North Street and Castle Street, Belfast. In dos Santos JR, editor, Preserving Transcultural Heritage: Your way or my way?: Questions on Authenticity, Identity and Patrimonial Proceedings in the Safeguarding of Architectural Heritage created in the meeting of cultures. Portugal: Caleidoscopio. 2017. p. 331-341

Preserving the transcultural identity of local shopping streets: North Street and Castle Street, Belfast

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Drawing the everyday heritage of streets: North Street and Castle Street in Belfast

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