Quote Originally Posted by Enoch Mort View Post
I remember CentrePlan 70. I was working for the Council at the time and I remember the huge publicity. The other big thing at the time was the Hook Road which involved improving Cardiff's road links by driving a major trunk road through the City. Hundreds of properties were acquired for demolition or blighted in advance of this proposal before it was abandoned. That was madness.

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/w...drawn-15738028
I remember this so clearly even though I must have only been 6 years old at the time and in particular the CentrePlan 70 ‘shop front’ in Queens Street (as shown in the Wales On Line story)

Can you imagine if it has gone ahead? :-/