But surely even those flyovers and precincts are history? They didn't occur by accident, and iirc Coventry Council were well ahead with plans to modernise the city before the blitz. Coventry had one of the earliest pedestrianised precincts and the concrete flyovers of the inner ring road were designed to help traffic flow. If medieval planners had created such a new city from Anglo Saxon remains we'd be celebrating them, please don't disparage 20th century changes.
My point, perhaps which could have been made more clearly, is that that gives the impression of a city without the depth of history it has. It looks like a much more modern city in other words. That is absolutely the impression people have of it.
I do however think it is difficult to argue it is a beautiful city, it has beautiful parts but it is not a city which attracts tourists and that is something I would like to see change.
But surely even those flyovers and precincts are history? They didn't occur by accident, and iirc Coventry Council were well ahead with plans to modernise the city before the blitz. Coventry had one of the earliest pedestrianised precincts and the concrete flyovers of the inner ring road were designed to help traffic flow. If medieval planners had created such a new city from Anglo Saxon remains we'd be celebrating them, please don't disparage 20th century changes.
Hi Sue,
Thank you for reading and commenting.
My point, perhaps which could have been made more clearly, is that that gives the impression of a city without the depth of history it has. It looks like a much more modern city in other words. That is absolutely the impression people have of it.
I do however think it is difficult to argue it is a beautiful city, it has beautiful parts but it is not a city which attracts tourists and that is something I would like to see change.