Glasgow's new town hall: imperialism, nationalism and civic pride, 1877–1889

Local: Leeds in the age of great cities

Leeds and its Jewish community ◽

10.7228/manchester/9781526123084.003.0003 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 23-34

Author(s):

Derek Fraser

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

Population Growth ◽

Industrial Revolution ◽

Political Power ◽

Urban Society ◽

Town Hall ◽

Queen Victoria ◽

Civic Pride ◽

First Time ◽

The Town

This chapter explores Leeds as one of the shock cities of the Industrial Revolution, which experienced massive population growth in the nineteenth century. The new industrial classes challenged the old merchant elite and sought political power. The 1832 election, the first time Leeds gained parliamentary representation, was an important statement about the new urban society. The building of the Town Hall was an expression of civic pride and Queen Victoria opened it.

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Medieval Socialist Artefacts: Architecture and Discourses of National Identity in Provincial Poland, 1945–1960

Nationalities Papers ◽

10.1080/00905990120102110 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 29 (4) ◽

pp. 605-632 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

José M. Faraldo

Keyword(s):

National Identity ◽

Second World War ◽

World War ◽

Town Hall ◽

German State ◽

Public Building ◽

New Town ◽

Regional Characteristics ◽

The Town ◽

Second World

Many things allow us to recognize that the Poles have a greater and fuller affinity with the Poznań Land than the Germans, even today. It is interesting, for example, with what confidence Polish architects, in contrast to their German counterparts, incorporate historical and regional characteristics in their designs.Moritz JafféThe Archive of the Town Curator of Monuments in the Polish city Poznań contains material about streets, monuments, Old Town Square, the cathedral, and other valuable constructions there. A folder labeled Nowy Ratusz (New Town Hall) attracted my attention, because I knew nothing about such a building. The folder contained photographs of a large neo-Gothic building. It looked like a typical Prussian public building, similar to hundreds of other postal, school, and government offices throughout the Prussian/German state. But what of this building? Had it been another casualty of the Second World War? The postwar images showed, that although seriously damaged, the building still stood in the ruins of the Old Town Square.

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Da fortezza a residenza castellana: osservazioni stratigrafiche per la comprensione del processo trasformativo della Rocca di Novellara (RE, Italia)

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10.4995/fortmed2020.2020.11384 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Angela Squassina

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

Direct Observation ◽

Historical Development ◽

Public Life ◽

Reggio Emilia ◽

City Centre ◽

Town Hall ◽

Chronological Sequence ◽

The City ◽

The Town

From a fortress to a residential castle: a stratigraphic reading of the transformations in the Rocca of Novellara (RE, Italy)The paper reports the results of a stratigraphic reading on the northern façade of the Rocca di Novellara (Reggio Emilia, Italy), a castle which is now the town hall, right in the city centre. Though as a pole of the contemporary public life in Novellara, housing at present both a museum and a nineteenth century theatre, the Rocca recalls its military past through its name and by means of the still standing remains of the walls and corner towers. Besides a well-documented historical development, the stratigraphic investigation of the northern façade –the only part that still hasn’t been restored– allowed a direct observation of the material traces revealing the slow transformation of the Rocca from a fortification to a residential castle. This study gave the chance of understanding the different constructive phases of the castle, making a chronological sequence out of them but it was also meant to reflect about the changes of its character, as the building has been acquiring a complex identity through time, due both to high qualified architectural episodes and to as much meaningful though tiny changes. Thus, the permanence of the stratified marks can be regarded as one of the main goals of a preservation project.

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‘A Street of Butchers’. An Economic and Social Profile of Hercules Place and Hercules Street, Belfast 1860–90

Irish Economic and Social History ◽

10.1177/0332489317735962 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 44 (1) ◽

pp. 102-121 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Lesley E. E. Donaldson

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Nineteenth Century ◽

Traffic Flow ◽

Large Concentration ◽

Civic Pride ◽

Town Centre ◽

The Town

Hercules Street and Hercules Place were two of Belfast’s oldest streets and, by the mid-nineteenth century, they were in the town centre. These streets always had a large concentration of butchers (a cluster). This cluster was broken up in 1880 when the area was cleared to create a new, modern street and did not reform. The clearance was to improve traffic flow but also for reasons of civic pride; despite the unpleasant nature of the butchery trade neither that, nor public health were stated reasons for this clearance. This article examines the economy and society of these streets and the effects of the dislocation caused by the clearance of this area.

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‘A New Image of the Town Centre’

10.1093/oso/9780198807476.003.0006 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Alistair Fair

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

Urban Identity ◽

Civic Pride ◽

Town Centre ◽

Urban Contexts ◽

Post War ◽

The 1960S ◽

The Town

This chapter locates key theatres of the 1960s and early 1970s in a series of urban contexts. The first part of the chapter discusses the idea of civic pride, and shows how this idea—often associated with the nineteenth century—persisted in the post-war period. It discusses how theatres could be invoked in discussions of civic pride and urban identity, and the range of individuals and organizations who did so. The second part of the chapter considers a series of examples whose location was discussed at some length. Some of these examples were located in civic centres as demonstrations of their role as a civic amenity, but others were built in shopping areas to suggest accessibility. Key examples discussed in the chapter include Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Leicester’s Haymarket Theatre, Derby Playhouse, Billingham Forum, and the unbuilt Glasgow Cultural Centre.

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Memorializing its Hero: Liberal Manchesters Statue of Oliver Cromwell

Bulletin of the John Rylands Library ◽

10.7227/bjrl.89.1.8 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 89 (1) ◽

pp. 179-206 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Steve Cunniffe ◽

Terry Wyke

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

Thomas Carlyle ◽

Town Hall ◽

New Town ◽

The North ◽

Modern Britain ◽

The Gift ◽

Oliver Cromwell ◽

History Of ◽

Significant Change

Oliver Cromwells historical reputation underwent significant change during the nineteenth century. Writers such as Thomas Carlyle were prominent in this reassessment, creating a Cromwell that found particular support among Nonconformists in the north of England. Projects to memorialize Cromwell included the raising of public statues. This article traces the history of the Manchester statue, the first major outdoor statue of Cromwell to be unveiled in the country. The project originated among Manchester radical Liberal Nonconformists in the early 1860s but was not realized until 1875. It was the gift of Elizabeth Heywood; the sculptor was Matthew Noble. The project, including its intended site in Manchesters new Town Hall, was contentious, exposing political and religious divisions within the community, reinforcing the view that the reassessment of Cromwells place in the making of modern Britain was far from settled.

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Doors and Chords: Explorations from Music to Architecture

10.26686/wgtn.17065361 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

◽

Harrison Platt

Keyword(s):

Historical Narrative ◽

Town Hall ◽

New Town ◽

Singular Event ◽

Christ Church ◽

To Come ◽

The City ◽

The Town ◽

Creative Forces ◽

Architecture And Music

<p>Architecture and music have a long intertwining history.These respective creative forces many times have collaborated into monumental place, harboured rich occasion, been catalyst for cultural movement and defined generations. Together they transcend their respective identities. From dinky local church to monstrous national stadia, together they are an intense concentration, a powerfully addictive dosage where architecture is the place, music is the faith, and people are the reason. Music is a programme that architecture often celebrates in poetic and grand fashion; a superficial excuse to symbolise their creative parallels. But their relationship is much richer and holds more value than just the opportunity to attempt architectural metaphor.While music will always overshadow the architecture in the sense of a singular event, architecture is like the soundman behind the mixing desk. It’s not the star front and centre grabbing your attention, but is responsible for framing the star. It is the foundational backdrop, a critical pillar. Great architecture can help make great music. In this sense music is a communication of architecture, it is the ultimate creative function. Christchurch, New Zealand, is a city whose story changed in an instant. The seismic events of 2010 and 2011 have become the overriding subject of its historical narrative, as it will be for years to come. Disaster redefines place (the town of Napier, struck by an earthquake in 1931, exemplifies this). There is no quantifiable justification for an exploration of architecture and music within the context of Christchurch. The Town Hall, one of New Zealand’s most architecturally significant buildings, is under repair. The Christ Church Cathedral will more than likely be rebuilt to some degree of its former self. But these are echoes of the city that Christchurch was.They are saved because they are artefact. Evidence of history.This thesis makes the argument for the new, the better than before, and for the making of opportunity from disaster, by proposing a ‘new’ town hall, conceived from the sound of old.</p>

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Doors and Chords: Explorations from Music to Architecture

10.26686/wgtn.17065361.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

◽

Harrison Platt

Keyword(s):

Historical Narrative ◽

Town Hall ◽

New Town ◽

Singular Event ◽

Christ Church ◽

To Come ◽

The City ◽

The Town ◽

Creative Forces ◽

Architecture And Music

<p>Architecture and music have a long intertwining history.These respective creative forces many times have collaborated into monumental place, harboured rich occasion, been catalyst for cultural movement and defined generations. Together they transcend their respective identities. From dinky local church to monstrous national stadia, together they are an intense concentration, a powerfully addictive dosage where architecture is the place, music is the faith, and people are the reason. Music is a programme that architecture often celebrates in poetic and grand fashion; a superficial excuse to symbolise their creative parallels. But their relationship is much richer and holds more value than just the opportunity to attempt architectural metaphor.While music will always overshadow the architecture in the sense of a singular event, architecture is like the soundman behind the mixing desk. It’s not the star front and centre grabbing your attention, but is responsible for framing the star. It is the foundational backdrop, a critical pillar. Great architecture can help make great music. In this sense music is a communication of architecture, it is the ultimate creative function. Christchurch, New Zealand, is a city whose story changed in an instant. The seismic events of 2010 and 2011 have become the overriding subject of its historical narrative, as it will be for years to come. Disaster redefines place (the town of Napier, struck by an earthquake in 1931, exemplifies this). There is no quantifiable justification for an exploration of architecture and music within the context of Christchurch. The Town Hall, one of New Zealand’s most architecturally significant buildings, is under repair. The Christ Church Cathedral will more than likely be rebuilt to some degree of its former self. But these are echoes of the city that Christchurch was.They are saved because they are artefact. Evidence of history.This thesis makes the argument for the new, the better than before, and for the making of opportunity from disaster, by proposing a ‘new’ town hall, conceived from the sound of old.</p>

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