The Production of Space through a Shrine and Vendetta in Manchester: Lefebvre's Spatial Triad and the Regeneration of a Place Renamed Castlefield

Author: Leary, Michael

Source: Planning Theory and Practice, Volume 10, Number 2, June 2009, pp. 189-212(24)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

Like many other cities around the world, at the end of the twentieth century, Manchester was reimagined as post-industrial space. This research draws on Lefebvre's spatial triad focusing primarily on the struggles that this generated both within official public sector representations of space and between public sector representations and the representations of key amenity societies. The paper presents the findings of a case study analysis that reveals how the 1970s saw differing interests lay claim to the right to determine the spatial meaning and future of city-centre industrial space. The research deconstructs the (re)production of the Grade I listed Liverpool Road Station, the first train station in the world, and its conversion into the successful Museum of Science and Industry. The conclusions show that the 1970s (re)presentation of the station site facilitated its (re)production as a site of revalorised industrial heritage. The consequences were the “rediscovery” of the Castlefield area of the city, and the later reimagining of post-industrial Manchester in the 1990s, which continues in the twenty-first century.

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14649350902884573

Affiliations: Department of Urban, Environmental and Leisure Studies, Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences, London South Bank University, London, United Kingdom

Publication date: 2009-06-01

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