JohnIn 2019, civic watchdog organisation Leeds Civic Trust identified the Eastside of Leeds City Centre as an area dominated by roads.
To get from Saxton Gardens to the Palace Pub on foot involves crossing more than 20 lanes of traffic.
So Leeds Civic Trust asked, how could this space be used better, to benefit the local community and environment? Since then, they have been working with landscape architects at Urban Wilderness, local artist Alex De Little and the Eastside community to imagine how the area could be transformed.
Come and imagine at an interactive exhibition…
- Leeds City College, Quarry Hill. Blank-
- 2-12 September. 9am-5pm. Weekdays
- Click here to see the Eastside Vision
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