http://www.tymchak.com/blog/?p=408 Ivor's insights into the human condition (and some laughs too) Mon, 20 May 2013 18:16:52 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.tymchak.com/blog/?p=408&cpage=1#comment-14224 “Your future dream is a shopping scheme!” « SatNav for the soul® Tue, 17 May 2011 14:34:24 +0000 http://www.tymchak.com/blog/?p=408#comment-14224 [...] Wakefield council have missed a massive trick here. Instead of preserving what is unique, organic (like the old market hall) and thus valuable, they have gone for the one-size fits all approach of globalised capitalism and pulled down the old to replace it with the current fashionable trend (Wakefield even built a fountain in its centre — just like every other clone town). I’ve written about this short sightedness before with the farmers’ market here. [...] [...] Wakefield council have missed a massive trick here. Instead of preserving what is unique, organic (like the old market hall) and thus valuable, they have gone for the one-size fits all approach of globalised capitalism and pulled down the old to replace it with the current fashionable trend (Wakefield even built a fountain in its centre — just like every other clone town). I’ve written about this short sightedness before with the farmers’ market here. [...]

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