This street is not just a street but a “council street”. Norwich council’s chief executive, Laura McGillivray, claims no higher ambition than that “new social housing should be a fabulous place to live”. She meticulously analysed the streets of Greenwich Village in New York, noting how their layouts enabled them to be “self-policing” and secure. I've seen the future and it's Norwich: the energy-saving, social housing revolution Read moreThe customary claim that cities need to build high to cram in more people is simply untrue. The fashion for high-rise urban living has passed from public housing to towers of luxury flats.

Source: The Guardian October 10, 2019 17:15 UTC